War
When the United States of America was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001, I dedicated myself to covering the war, promptly creating a subscription-based newsletter read by historians, defense analysts and U.S. intelligence agents (the newsletter is presently on hiatus). My early war essays—naming Iran as America’s foremost enemy—were published in the Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, and Detroit News.
Breakout A Marine Remembers the Forgotten War
This 2000 article was published in the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, Portland Oregonian, San Jose Mercury News and Los Angeles Daily News. Please note that the author's father, Lawrence Holleran, fought in the Second Division of the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
The Korean War, 50 years old this June, is sadly deserving of its other name: the forgotten war. Read more >>
9/11 Five Years Later: DVD Roundup of 9/11 Attack on America
This 2006 article was published at Box Office Mojo.
For those who want to gain knowledge, build a home library and understand the September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attack—at present the worst in American history—a few DVDs stand out as relatively consistent. Each contains graphic images, appropriate to the barbaric act of war, key photography of every target in the attack and acknowledgement of the enemy's philosophy. Read more >>
9/11 Attack on America: Fourth Anniversary DVD
This 2005 article was published at Box Office Mojo.
While it is generally assumed that what happened on September 11, 2001, is chronicled and remembered, news broadcasts stopped showing footage of the attack long ago and many anniversary presentations are memorial in nature, with an emphasis on emotional, rather than historical or philosophical, aspects of the worst act of war on the United States of America. Read more >>
Fallujah Failure Looms at Fallujah
This 2004 commentary was published in the Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune.
A turning point in what President Bush has called the War on Terrorism is at hand. How and whether the American military handles enemy confrontations in Iraq during the coming weeks will tell Islamic terrorists and their state sponsors everything they need to know about America's resolve to defeat them. Read more >>
Iran U.S. Policy Towards Iran: 25 Years Of Denial
This 2004 commentary was published at the online Capitalism Magazine.
This week marks 25 years of America's appeasement toward Iran, which began in earnest on November 4, 1979, the day Iran declared war on America. Ayatollah Khomeini's thugs stormed the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, and held 52 Americans as prisoners for 444 days. Despite a previous attack, the embassy's U.S. Marines had orders not to shoot. Read more >>
Interview: Martin Russ
This 2000 article was published in the Hartford Courant, the San Jose Mercury News and Los Angeles Daily News.
Sandwiched between the worldwide upheaval of World War II and the controversial Vietnam War, the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, is the forgotten war. Read more >>
John McCain
During his 2000 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain sat down with me to talk about Kosovo, altruism and whether he's susceptible to corruption . . .
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