Shuttle Challenger

He fought in three wars, wrote books and even had a cameo in the Right Stuff.

The Apollo 11 Astronauts are not seen raising and saluting the American flag during the first moon landing.

Neither they nor their 588 fellow prisoners have, or will be, accorded nearly the level of prolonged national tribute, recognition and admiration that has been undeservedly heaped on John McCain.

it seems that more and more of our citizens have become so over sensitized, so myopic and so lacking in intestinal fortitude that they now can be traumatized by something that happened even before they were born?

For several generations John Glenn was a larger than life American hero.

Periodically I post the thoughts of my friend, Lt. Colonel Steve Hyle, USAF (Ret.)  Steve spent twenty years in the Air Force, served two Presidents, administered the Shuttle Challenger Commission and with Tom Clancy planned the 175th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Fort McHenry...