Hanoi

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Your Civil Rights History, Brought to You by Swedish TV

10 Summer Songs

​It's now June, and the heat is on. Between the backyard barbeques and triple-degree temperatures, summer is here to stay.Pop music is littered with songs about summer, including "Summer Lovin'" "Summertime Blues", "Summer of '69", and how could we forget that "School's Out" for summer?Pull up a l ... More >>

The Last Candy Shop

This is a beautiful video about a candy shop on a street in Hanoi, part of etsy's Handmade Life series. Watch it -- just because.

Snake Wine: What's Yer Poison (Literally)?

If "Hair of the dog" doesn't do it for ya, give "Juice of the snake" a try. ​In a rather repulsive example of how "That which does not kill you makes you stronger," snake wine (made predominantly in Vietnam, Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia) is said to contain medicinal properties t ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Advisor "Tweets" That John McCain "Turned [His] Back" On His Navy Colleagues; Five Years in the Hanoi Hilton Might Suggest Otherwise

www.usnews.comJohn McCain in a North Vietnamese prison after being shot down over Hanoi​A member of GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth's campaign staff seems to think that Senator John McCain -- Hayworth's opponent in the Republican primary for Senate -- "turned [his] back" on his Navy colleagues.Sh ... More >>

A Former Marijuana Smuggler and Vietnam War Hero Seeks Greater Recognition From His Government

www.usnews.comJohn McCain in a North Vietnamese prison after being shot down over Hanoi​A member of GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth's campaign staff seems to think that Senator John McCain -- Hayworth's opponent in the Republican primary for Senate -- "turned [his] back" on his Navy colleagues.Sh ... More >>

Monsoon Madness

Since monsoons seem to be the only news in town, New Times chief meteorologist Robert Nelson answers your Monsoon 2002 questions

Son of Watergate

Can Tom Liddy use his father's notoriety to break into Congress?

Naval Gazing

Let's have a look at John McCain's military personnel file

Flashes

From the Week of February 17, 2000

POW PR

From the Week of February 17, 2000

Flashes

From the Week of February 17, 2000

Letters

From the Week of February 17, 2000

Is John McCain a War Hero?

The senator's five years as a prisoner of war have been widely viewed as heroic. But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor

Missing Earl Jr.

A Glendale couple forges a national alliance and a personal bond in their mutual quest to find the 2,087 Vietnam-era POWs and MIAs

Dear John

Breaking up is hard to do, but it looks as though some national reporters have stopped kissing up to John McCain

Letters

Breaking up is hard to do, but it looks as though some national reporters have stopped kissing up to John McCain

Sins of Commission

The story of a psychotic Vietnam veteran who died on the streets rattles the mental-health-care and judicial communities, triggering investigations and calls for reform

MENTAL HEALTH MASQUERADE

ARIZONA SET OUT TO CREATE THE BEST MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM MONEY COULD BUY. IT ENDED UP WITH A PROGRAM AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.

PEROT'S TEXAS TWO-STEP

ARIZONA SET OUT TO CREATE THE BEST MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM MONEY COULD BUY. IT ENDED UP WITH A PROGRAM AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.