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McCain Takes Swipe At President For Vietnam ‘Bone Spur’ Deferment
Posted on · In an interview on C-SPAN, the Arizona senator criticized "high income" Americans who avoided the draft by finding a doctor who "would say that they had a bone spur."
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Vietnam
Ken Burns Vietnam: First Look “Cowards or Heroes”
Posted on · Rather than serve in the military during the Vietnam War, some Americans went to Canada.
Vietnam
Ken Burns Vietnam: First Look “Expanding the Draft”
Posted on · With the Vietnam War ramping up, college students begin to worry about the draft.
Houston Matters
Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Houston Trial for Draft Evasion
Posted on · With the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, we thought it'd be a good time to tell the story of the boxing legend's connection to Houston. The year was 1967, and the Vietnam War was being waged. Ali was drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces, and he was to report for induction right here in […]
Houston Matters
Sports Monday: Olympics, Rockets & Coming Out in the NFL
Posted on · CultureMap Houston sports columnist MK Bower joins us, as he does most Mondays, to discuss the week in sports. We’ll check in on the Rockets, the Winter Olympics so far and the Astros designating Brett Wallace for assignment. Plus: Michael Sam, an NFL draft prospect, announced he’s gay. We’ll talk about what it could mean […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Lt. Gov. Debate, Walmart’s Más Club Closing, & Drafting Manziel: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good, some of it bad, some of it downright ugly. When faced with a variety of intriguing developments in the weekâs Houston news, we turn to our panel of non-experts to parse âThe Good, the Bad, and the Uglyâ of it all. Todayâs panel features […]