A stray dog who wandered onto New Haven Green in Connecticut as American soldiers were getting ready to ship out to go to France one day during the summer of 1917 ended up saving hundreds of lives on the front lines during World War I.
Stubby, as the dog was known, captured a German soldier and repeatedly warned American soldiers of poison gas attacks, according to the Connecticut Post, quoting from an obituary in The New York Times from 1926.
American politics at the moment can pretty much be explained by what you make of the record sixth Super Bowl victory by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and owner Robert Kraft.
One view of it is to marvel at, and celebrate, the hard work, risk-taking, and skill that produced the achievement. That's the more conservative view of it.
