So, I guess this was a thing? Ah, the 1980's. In retrospect, not that far removed from the late 60's/early 70's, thu...

I just finished the book Nixonland and highly recommend. Kinda scary. But relevant to our times, for we are living in the reality of the ...

All the heroes were involved in the war effort (WW2 only - the other wars, not so much), but as a nerd, I'd like to raise a quibble: I...

IF - that's the BIG IF, by the way - we manage to actually start mining asteroids in space, a logical leap would be to use the asteroi...

Alas! Poor space frog, with dreams of voyages to the stars in his eyes. Not for you, sad frog. Maybe in a hundred or a couple hundred year...

I have no idea what such music might sound like, and now I don't want to know. I'll fancy a world of the Night Pastor and his Seve...

Vietnam put a real dent in the American War Machine, and this, coupled with Civil Rights, was the crisis of the 60's/70's, which t...

There's also a booming business in "private" security up to and including mercenary armies for rich people. Yay! Wait till d...

Back when America dreamed big. Conquer the sky and the stars was all - once that proved irrelevant, you'll note, the funds towards Space...

Behold the glories of pulp sci-fi, from Germany! There once were days, children, when semi-popular magazines published short stories from al...