It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

American is the first democratic nation-state.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.