Category: Entertainment

Have you ever wondered what motivates ordinary people to commit acts of unthinkable violence? The last decades have been dominated by images of destruction: New York, London, Madrid, Nice, Baghdad, Kabul, and countless other cities. Now, a British filmmaker is endeavouring to describe the incentives behind these attacks in a new documentary called Path of […]

Trident Juncture 18, the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War, ended this month. The exercise involved more than 50,000 participants from 31 nations. Moreover, more than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles participated — conducting air, land, maritime, and special operations drills. Here are the best pictures: . One Mark II […]

Last year, a group of eight Royal Marines broke the Guinness world record for speed-marching. This is how they did it. Filmmaker Chris Terrill, who, as a civilian, has undergone the 32-week Royal Marines Commando training course and graduated with an honorary Green Beret, filmed the group’s preparation and attempt. The group of active and former […]

Once it has found a purpose, human creativity understands no limits. Properly funneled, ambition, craftsmanship, and intellect produce the most remarkable things. Be it the conquest of the moon or the exploration of the Sun by NASA; be it the conquest of the world’s oceans and skies; or be it the construction of a First […]

One of the perks of studying at an elite U.S. university is that top companies, organisations, and agencies congregate in search of talent. What follows is my experience attending a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruiting brief and simulation session at the Johns Hopkins University. Names have been altered to preserve personal security. You can read […]

National Security Advisor John Bolton met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, October 22nd. Below is a transcript of their conversation, as relayed by the Kremlin: President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Bolton, colleagues, We are pleased to see you in Moscow. At the beginning of our conversation I would like to recall our meeting with the President of the United States in Helsinki. In my view, it […]

One of the perks of studying at an elite U.S. university is that top companies, organisations, and agencies congregate in search of talent. What follows is my experience attending a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruiting brief and simulation session at the Johns Hopkins University. Names have been altered to preserve personal security. You can read […]

It seems that as each generation of Americans ages into adulthood, most tend to covet the era of our own childhood as the “golden age” of popular culture.  My birth date places me somewhere between junior-Gen-Xer and senior Millennial: just young enough to retain my passion for 80’s and 90’s films, but too old to […]

One of the perks of studying at an elite U.S. university is that top companies, organisations, and agencies congregate in search of talent. What follows is my experience attending a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruiting brief and simulation session at Johns Hopkins University. Names have been altered to preserve personal security. It all began with […]

The Guinness World Records claims that “the Most durable mobile phone number (cellular phone number) belongs to David Contorno, of Lemont, Illinois, who has owned and used the same mobile telephone number since 2 August 1985. His first mobile phone was an Ameritech AC140 and his carrier has been Ameritech Mobile Communications ever since.” These […]

Does music give you the shudders, make you cry? Your brain may be wired differently than others. Matthew Sachs, a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California (USC), wondered why some of his friends said they “got the chills” when they listened to music. One friend told Sachs: “I sort of feel that my […]

Like most Special Forces guys, especially of my generation, I can’t get enough of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) from World War II. OSS was the “Greatest Generation” version of both CIA and the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) as both sprang forth from the extraordinary organization that General William “Wild Bill” Donovan built […]