Columbus Day is one of the most misunderstood holidays in America. Sure, many people get a day off from school or work, but why? It has been a U.S. federal holiday since 1937 marking Christopher […]
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” the childhood rhyme goes. Although Italian mariner Christopher Columbus claimed he discovered America in the 15th century, plenty of other explorers already had touched down on the continents […]
There are two obvious weaknesses with the Obama administration’s plan to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State (aka ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria: Weak partners on the ground, especially in Syria, and the […]
Choosing a country from the Axis of Evil might not sound like the best way to start a relaxing vacation, but surely it’s one way to have an adventure you’ll never forget. […]
Does this mean sanctions can work? After Western nations (including the U.S.) imposed sanctions against Russia over the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty earlier this year, Russian authorities responded by clamping an embargo on Western food […]
The idea that Ebola could go airborne is terrifying. Once you are infected, few diseases are more likely to kill you — and death by hemorrhagic fever, diarrhea and vomiting often accompanied by bleeding and […]
As news broke early Sunday morning that a second person in Dallas had contracted Ebola, a healthcare worker who had contact with the first patient, people immediately wondered: How? We don’t yet know exactly. The […]
As far as intelligence agencies go, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has remained relatively low profile—attracting neither the intrigue of, say, the CIA nor the umbrage directed toward the National Security Agency. But even as other […]
Russia is currently expanding and modernizing its navy. This might have something to do with Moscow’s apparent appetite for military conquest. Still, Russia has a few nuclear submarines that are dangerously past their prime, considering […]
Sears is in trouble. The retailer has been bleeding cash and closing hundreds of stores for years. Now the stock is taking a beating following a Bloomberg report that a vendor had halted shipments to […]
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