The Cuban Missile Crisis: What Would JFK Say About Obama, Romney?
Fifty years ago today, the President of the United States grimly contemplated the possibility of global nuclear war as he entered a showdown with the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
View ArticleZombies Battle Navy SEALs for Afghan Village
The Taliban IED exploding in the faces of the U.S. soldiers wasn't the surprise. It was the zombie assault that came afterwards.
View ArticlePublisher Offers Free Wargames to the Unemployed
Refighting Gettysburg or the Battle of the Bulge is scant compensation for losing your job, but a California wargames publisher is trying to help. GMT Games is offering two free paper wargames to...
View ArticleWhy Can't the U.S. Military Practice Zipper Control?
"A man who won't f-ck won't fight," George Patton liked to say, expressing the traditional belief that conquest in the bedroom is a prerequisite for conquest on the battlefield. If that's true, then...
View ArticleHow the U.S. Military Would Crush a Tea Party Rebellion
A right-wing militia inspired by the Tea Party movement has taken over the city of Darlington, South Carolina, arrested the local government, and declared that the federal government should be...
View ArticleThe 10 Craziest Citizen Petitions To The White House
Last year, the White House launched a Web site - called "We the People"Â - where citizens could write online petitions. If the petition garners 25,000 signatures within 30 days, the White House will...
View ArticleWill Mossad Hunt Down Anonymous?
It takes a brave hacker to declare war on the state of Israel. As Israel's neighbors can attest, declaring war on the Jewish state doesn't tend to produce favorable outcomes.
View ArticleRockets Coming Down On Your Head? There's An App for That
Need to know if Hamas rockets are headed your way? Then check your cellphone, courtesy of a 13-year-old Israeli boy who developed an Iphone app that alerts users to incoming rockets.
View ArticleRon Paul's Secession Blackmail of America
Perhaps Ron Paul meant to sound noble when he spoke last week of secession "as a deeply American principle."Â Perhaps in his own mind, he pictured himself as one of the Founding Fathers, affixing his...
View ArticleAre Twinkies a Strategic Snack Food?
Is America in danger of losing snack food superiority to China? Does the demise of a cream-filled snack cake signal the decline of a superpower? A pillar of American strength is crumbling, judging by...
View ArticleYes, The Middle East is Like Planet of the Apes
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi loves the Planet of the Apes movies. He thinks that they offer a lesson for humanity, although exactly what Morsi thinks is difficult to decipher from his Time Magazine...
View ArticleRejoice, Trekkies! The USS Enterprise Will Sail Again
The Klingons couldn't destroy her, the Japanese and the Soviets couldn't sink her, and nor will defense cuts end a proud tradition. There will be another USS Enterprise in the U.S. Navy.
View ArticleTurkey Cracks Down on "Blasphemous" Simpsons Episode
A Simpsons episode where God takes orders from the Devil has so angered Turkey's Islamic government that it fined the TV network that broadcast it.
View ArticleU.S. Army Cracks Down on Video Games
Think that Call of Duty would be great for training real soldiers? The U.S. Army begs to differ, or at least it doesn't want soldiers to train with video games without official permission. An Army...
View ArticleGary Gygax Returns from the Grave for Dungeons and Dragons?
Did a wizard play a resurrection spell on deceased Dungeons and Dragons creator Gary Gygax? Not exactly, but it turns out that Gary's sons Ernie and Luke are launching a gaming publication called Gygax...
View ArticleThe Return of "Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space" Game
Today is the 40th anniversary of a dream that died. Apollo 17, the last manned expedition to the Moon, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 19, 1972. For the next 40 years, mankind would not...
View ArticleIsrael Looks at Tougher Gun Control Laws
While Americans blame video games for mass shootings like Sandy Hook, Israel is quietly doing what we should be doing: tightening requirements for gun ownership.
View ArticleNorman Schwarzkopf: The Last Great American General
Norman Schwarzkop looked like a general. A 6-foot-3 bear of a man who seemed like he could tear a David Petraeus in half.
View ArticleApple Says No to Game on Syrian Civil War
You can buy shooter games, word games, and thousands of other games from Apple's app store. But an educational game that might teach people something about the raging civil war in Syria? Forget about it.
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