Douglas MacArthur

Military influences in fashion

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Over the centuries, at the same time military might has been building borders, shaping national identities and protecting ways of life, it's also been building our wardrobes, shaping our silhouettes and taking fledgling brands to the front lines of...

Condos don't hold a candle to Elton John's new place

2012-04-01 00:00:00

Rock icon Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, have listed their two condominiums in West Hollywood for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service. The smaller of the two, with one bedroom, 11/2 bathrooms and 1,151 square feet of living space,...

Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase

2011-10-12 00:00:00

How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment? One clue is when the protesters are casually dismissed as hippies or rabble, or their principles redefined as class envy or as (that all-purpose insult) "un-...

Book review: 'Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage'

2011-02-23 00:00:00

Contemporary history is seldom as relevant and engaging as Douglas Waller's new biography, "Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage," which is — by turns — fascinatingly instructive and thoroughly...

65 years ago this morning Japan did this in front of Douglas MacArthur (video)

2010-09-02 16:36:09

Marines remember Inchon landing, classic battle of Korean War

2010-09-15 21:34:34

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 28, 1959

2009-10-28 16:32:47

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 29, 1959

2009-10-29 16:32:42

How low will he go? Obama gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a wow bow (Updates with videos, pic)

2009-11-14 04:34:42

Ticket Replay: How low will he go? Obama's wow bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito

2009-12-28 16:34:47

'Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America' by Peter Biskind

2010-01-07 00:00:00

In the introduction to "Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America," Peter Biskind calls Beatty an "indecently gifted" artist whose work has "enriched the cinema." But that's just foreplay. Here's the first sentence of Chapter 1: "On a hot summer night,...

'The Lacuna' by Barbara Kingsolver

2009-11-02 00:00:00

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Lev Trotsky. The Mexican painter whose flamboyant art and mangled body continue to nourish a multimedia industry. The adored husband 21 years her elder, myth-making muralist and Mexican national hero. And the man on the lam whom...

were beaten in May 1945, America celebrated with Norman's ode, On a Note of Triumph, and the exalted slang of its opening lines: So they've given up! They're finally done in, and the rat is dead in an alley back of the Wilhelmstrasse. Take a bow, G.I. Take a bow, little guy.

2011-12-30 17:22:39

Actor Brian Woodcock, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur , arrives dockside to board the Liberty ship John W. Brown.

2011-06-25 00:00:00

Actor Brian Woodcock, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur , addresses passengers aboard the Liberty ship John W. Brown.

2011-06-25 00:00:00