By now you know that the United States joined Israel in the air strikes against Iran. Iran made its usual fiery tirade about revenge and death to infidels, which is a religious term . Seven  B-2 Spirit stealth bombers  left Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the only operational home of these planes, flew to Iran, re-fueled in mid-air multiple times, dropping 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, also known as bunker buster bombs, on two targets in Iran.  Other bombs also fell at a third nuclear site. These same bombers then turned around, again after mid-air refueling, to Whiteman on a 37 hour flight. As a decoy, at the same time, six B-2s went to Guam.  We have 19 of these bombers, made by Northrop. These B-2s are the only planes capable of carrying bunker busters, and these 19 are the only ones still operating. President Donald Trump remarked that the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear facilities were  spectacular .  Yes, but not totally.  Bun...

Did you know that both Mother's and Father's Days are national holidays?  Of course they are always celebrated on Sundays, so they are not a federal holiday.  President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation in 1914 designating  Mother's Day  as the second Sunday in May.  Of course motherhood has long been cherished, and the ancient Greeks and Romans held festivals in honor of mother godesses Rhea and Cybele. Mind you, the Greeks and Romans also honored fathers, and in Catholic Europe, St. Joseph's Day ( March 19 ) is a feast day dedicated to Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus.  But Father's Day in the USA had a rather startling beginning that few know. First, Father's Day did not become a national holiday until 1972. The reason why has everything to do with civil rights movements in the 1960s. The story starts in 1964 when a middle-aged father and mid-level federal appointee, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, dreamt a solution to America's racial conflict in his sle...

From the  New York Times :    The USA has 63% Christians, a decline of 15% in 18 years: However, people have stopped leaving churches en masse, according to   a new study released   by Pew Research. Further from the  Pew Research Center : 22%  of Americans are categorized as   spiritual but not religious (SBNR)  because they say they think of themselves as spiritual or they consider spirituality very important in their lives, but they neither think of themselves as religious nor say religion is very important in their lives. 58%  of Americans fall into an overall or   “NET” Religious   category because they say they think of themselves as religious or they consider religion very important in their lives. This group can be subdivided into U.S. adults who are   both religious and spiritual   (48%) and those who are   religious but not spiritual   (10%) 21%  of Americans are categorized as   neit...