In the first years of aviation, modern warfare changed forever. And so did defensive tactics.
With bombs falling on Paris, the French tried to fool the Germans with a decoy city. This Jan… Read More
The word broke on March 26 that NBC News was reversing its decision to hire former Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel as a political commentator. MSNBC hosts across the schedule broke out… Read More
World War II is the largest-scale war in history, at least in any modern sense, and has filled our imaginations to the bursting point. Countless documentaries, movies, video games, books… Read More
One of the most iconic and hilarious college comedies of all time, ‘Animal House’ (1978) follows the misadventures of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity at the fictional Faber College… Read More
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning emerged as a formidable fighter during the Second World War, known for its striking presence on the battlefield.
On August 14, 1942, a pilot manning the contro… Read More
There is nothing more human than being confidently incorrect. We’ve all been guilty of it, giving answers that are completely wrong, or casually citing statistics, facts, and figures t… Read More
Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photo-of-explosion-on-the-beach-73909/Why was the Manhattan Project called the Manhattan Project? It was named after the city where i… Read More
The Nazi Conspiracy (2023) tells the thrilling true story of the first meeting between the leaders of the Allied forces during the height of World War II – and the top-secret Nazi plot… Read More
Twenty-five years ago, on July 24, 1998, “Saving Private Ryan” was released. It’s a movie that figures high on our list of the 25 Greatest War Films. Yet it&r… Read More
Hey...one quick word before we begin...This is a tragic story, filled with unspeakable actions. And, worse, there are no happy endings. Not even for the victorious... What… Read More
As the 70th anniversary of Stalin's death is commemorated (celebrated?), it is far from inappropriate to tackle a growing narrative, the fact that in the past few years, we hear more and mor… Read More
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After having been rejected by nearly every court in the land, including what he thought was his “sure thing,” the Supreme Court, , Donald Trump… Read More
Dave Collum's 2022 Year In Review, Part 2: The War In Ukraine & How Does It End?
Authored by David B. Collum, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology -&n… Read More
There are highs and lows in history, events people can take pride in or feel shame at. Here are some of those heights and depths, provided by historical events facts.
The American Revol… Read More
More Creepy Joe Biden:Joe Biden - A Hands On Kind Of Guy...Biden Criticizes Romney For Wanting To Leave Troops In Iraq...Is America Starting To Target Thought Crime?Senate Republicans Plan t… Read More
Of parts three this post be. First, the 1896 Victoria, British Columbia street car disaster, and its associated strange coincidences. Second, more thoughts on cat-like human females wanti… Read More
Who is the craziest person voters have sent to the U.S. House of Representatives? Early on in the current Congress, one might have thought it was clearly Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia)… Read More
Chuck Yeager, a record-breaking pilot, turned 97 this February 13. The celebrated pilot made history in the ’50s. But even after making history, Yeager also kept himself busy as a pil… Read More
Animal House is a tale about one group attempting to impose their will over another…Wait…That’s Animal Farm. Animal House is about one group attempting to impose their wi… Read More
LET’S DO THIS Not gonna lie: the last couple of days have been really tough.
This year just felt like our year, man.
It finally felt like people weren’t going to be able to teas… Read More
“Have you ever logged in, at any time, from Russia?” pic.twitter.com/2RXgvtC5yL
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) November 1, 2017
Now that makes me a bad dude…
R… Read More
The world knows what happened. Germany started the plan to divide Europe by conquering lands and feigning agreements with Russia. Tricky as how it all started, World War II was a phase in hi… Read More
1. Fanta was invented in Germany when the war made it difficult to bring in Coca-Cola syrup from the US. (Snopes)
2. The SS officer who captured Anne Frank and her family bought her book to… Read More
by Simon Sellars
ABOVE: The Terminal Beach. Photo courtesy Brookings: “Beneath this concrete dome on Runit Island (part of Enewetak Atoll), built between 1977 and 1980 at a cost of ab… Read More
First U.S. Aircraft Hijacked, May 1, 1961: Puerto Rican born Antuilo Ramierez Ortiz forced at gunpoint a National Airlines plane to fly to Havana, Cuba, where he was given asylum.Ambassador… Read More