Tag: atomic bomb

Issey Miyake, Japan’s Prince of Pleats, Dies of Cancer Aged 84: Media

TOKYO—Japanese designer Issey Miyake, famed for his pleated style of clothing that never wrinkles and who produced the signature black turtleneck of friend and Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs, has died, media said on Tuesday. He was 84. Miyake, whose name became a byword for Japan’s economic and fashion prowess in the 1980s, died on…


Former Nuclear Fallout Shelters a Grim Reminder Of Cold War Brinksmanship

At the height of the Cold War, when America’s children were taught to “duck and cover” in the classroom, Sharon Packer was determined to make sure her family would survive a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. “I built my first bomb shelter when I was 8 years old. I dug a hole and worked…


No, America Wasn’t the Bad Guy in World War II

Commentary As students around the nation are returning to school, once they step into the classroom, many will be met with a curriculum that specifically attempts to paint America as the world’s “big bad.” Anti-American academics and revisionist history such as the laughably false 1619 Project has flooded the education system and teaches students that…