Weatherwatch: How the weather affected early flight record attempts A century ago, René Fonck tried and failed to cross the Atlantic despite having clear weather The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
Kid Steals Guy’s Drink, Mom’s Laughter Turns To Anger As Stranger’s Warnings About Drink Come True It's quite satisfying to watch entitled parents fall flat on their faces due to their reckless actions. This mom demanded a random stranger hand over his drink to her unruly kid. Here's a tale of how the guy warned her that it had alcohol, but she laughed when her child… Bored Panda · Jul 15
On This Day in History, June 10: Troy falls, Italy enters WWII, Jurassic Park premieres, Thatcher wins for 3rd time, FIFA World Cup opens and other key events On This Day in History, June 10 witnessed events that ranged from the legendary destruction of Troy and the birth of Gothic architecture to major developments during the Second World War and the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The date also saw milestones in aviation,… The Economic Times · Jun 10
How To Sell a War Presidents use a web of private influence to garner support for foreign invasions. Reason · Jun 2
Cameras in courtrooms stir debate from baby Lindbergh kidnapping to OJ and Charlie Kirk's killing Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings The Independent UK · Apr 17
Warren Buffett Revealed This Little-Known Connection to Charles Lindbergh in 1996 – How the Nonagenarian Billionaire Overlapped with the Famous Aviator The connection between the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and Warren Buffett is the stuff of legend. Here's how the two overlapped. Barchart · Mar 19
What Would Bill Buckley Do? The National Review founder's flexible approach to politics defined conservatism as we know it. Reason · Nov 24, 2025
The True Price of Life in 1927 America — And Why It Matters Now The year was 1927—flappers danced, radios buzzed, and Charles Lindbergh had just flown across the Atlantic. America was booming with optimism, jazz, and innovation, but beneath the sparkle of progress, the average person was living a very different kind of reality. Life was cheaper in some ways and far more… Everybody Loves Your Money · Nov 12, 2025
Meet the man with one of the world’s most dangerous civilian piloting jobs — flying solo across the Atlantic in tiny planes Kerry McCauley is a ferry pilot, flying brand-new light aircraft solo across the North Atlantic to the buyers The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
53 Problematic Celebs People Forgot Were Horrible Human Beings John Lennon. Musical talent aside, the way he treated his ex wife and Julian is appalling. And people let him off far too lightly for the break up of the band, blaming it all on Yoko Ono. He was a grown a*s man who could think for himself. Not that… Bored Panda · May 23, 2025
Is Donald Trump a fascist? The US presidential election is neck and neck. But only one candidate has been compared to Adolf Hitler. Is it an exaggeration or based in fact? The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2024
Are we whitewashing actual Nazis now? Legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh was America's leading pro-Nazi voice — a fact that can't be laundered Salon · Sep 21, 2024
"A blueprint for a Trump autocracy" Will a second Trump term bring a Putin-like dictatorship or the more subtle example of Hungary's Viktor Orbán? Salon · Mar 28, 2024
‘A 1939 moment’: Jim Sciutto on Russia, China and the threat of war The CNN analyst’s new book considers threats outside the US, in Ukraine and Taiwan, and within, as Biden battles Trump The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2024
WEKU · Feb 18, 2024 Generations after its heyday, isolationism is alive and kicking up controversy For a time, the phrase "America First" seemed an artifact of the prewar world. But the idea that the U.S. would do better by holding the rest of the world at arm's length never entirely disappeared.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023 The top 10 allegories in fiction, from Plato to Kafka Authors from Jonathan Swift to NoViolet Bulawayo show how much can be done with what might sound a narrow form – and how much fun can be had with it
The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023 Cameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised Americans will have few opportunities to binge-watch the Donald J. Trump trials.
Pioneer Press · Jan 11, 2023 New books include several crime/mystery standouts and a Vietnam-era drama We’re looking at an eclectic mix of genres today, including two novels and two in crime/mystery.
Salon · Jan 7, 2023 "Mr. Republican" and the Nazis GOP's boy-crush on Putin and Orbán shouldn't be surprising — consider legendary Republican Sen. Robert Taft.
The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2022 Uniting America review: how FDR and the GOP beat fascism home and away Charles Lindbergh casts a shadow over Peter Shinkle’s new book, which ends with a warning about Trump and his party
Bangkok Post · Nov 6, 2022 Reflecting on a century of Fascism When Fascist Blackshirts marched through the streets of Rome at the end of October 1922, their leader, Benito Mussolini, had just been installed as prime minister.
Tribune News Service · Nov 4, 2022 Francis Wilkinson: Biden’s warning about democracy will go unheeded President Joe Biden, who delivered what is likely to be an ineffective speech Wednesday night on the perils faced by American democracy, might want to keep in mind Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 31, 2022 Review: Ken Burns issues a chilling warning with ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” the latest big PBS documentary from Ken Burns, is a different sort of film for him in that — unlike “Baseball” or “Jazz” or “Benjamin Franklin” — it seems very much a response to current events, made not just as a commemoration but as a…
Salon · Oct 26, 2022 Your cardboard box funds election denial Huge Uline profits bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country
Los Angeles Times · Oct 25, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen? The fact that the Republican Party has a vacuum for its policy platform isn't necessarily a problem for the U.S., even if the GOP does manage to take control of one or both chambers of Congress.