| Among Trump voters, is there a tipping point? Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:15 PM PDT ![Among Trump voters, is there a tipping point?]( "Among Trump voters, is there a tipping point?") With his rainbow-tinted aviator glasses, Vietnam-era jungle hat, and American flag sleeveless shirt, Tony Carraway comes across as a patriot the way Hunter S. Thompson did: on his own terms, without apology. A reservist pilot in Conyers, Ga., who flies twin-props in support of domestic Army maneuvers, he turned to President Trump after watching what he saw as years of Democrats starving the military of funding. Recommended: How much do you know about Texas?
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| To handle Trump's isolationism, France takes lessons from World War I Posted: 12 Jul 2017 11:46 AM PDT ![To handle Trump's isolationism, France takes lessons from World War I]( "To handle Trump's isolationism, France takes lessons from World War I") When President Trump takes his place as guest of honor on the Champs-Élysées on Friday to watch US soldiers march with French troops in France's annual Bastille Day parade, he will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the US entering World War I. As war was raging in Europe, American President Woodrow Wilson was campaigning for reelection with the slogan, "He Kept us out of War/ America First." Some of the bloodiest battles of the war – in fact, of history itself – were playing out.
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| Amid the rubble of Mosul, Iraqi reconciliation Posted: 12 Jul 2017 11:29 AM PDT ![Amid the rubble of Mosul, Iraqi reconciliation]( "Amid the rubble of Mosul, Iraqi reconciliation") When the Islamic State (ISIS) took over Iraq's second-largest city in 2014, one of its first acts was to kill any Mosul resident who merely thought differently. Now compare that murder spree on individual conscience to what has happened since Iraqi forces recaptured the city on July 9. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi promises to create stability for Mosul and extend the political unity among Iraqi leaders in fighting ISIS.
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