Michael Brewer — half of the duo Brewer & Shipley — died Tuesday at age 80. Maybe you don’t know Brewer & Shipley by name but you probably know their most famous song, “One Toke Over the Line,” which I can’t believe was actually a hit. Not only that, but it was also performed in… Continue reading

This is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the long and brutal clash between the Allied Army and the Nazis in a cold and snowy Dec. 16, 1944, and Jan. 28, 1945, along the German, Belgium and Luxembourg borders. It was a fierce counterattack by the Nazis as the Allies neared the… Continue reading

Bandleader and WWII mainstay Glenn Miller disappeared 80 years ago Sunday as he flew in a small Army Air Corps plane going from England to Paris. If you have seen the biopic “The Glenn Miller Story” starring another WWII hero, James Stewart, then you will remember that scene when the world finds out he’s gone.… Continue reading