Opinion: The root of the problems in the VA

Personally speaking, I’ve had a great experience at the VA. I’ve taken a couple trips to the ER, had some routine checkups, received quality treatment for a broken finger, and a couple other small things here and there. Many (not all) of the people I have met that complain about the VA are often forgetting […]

The Pic of the Day: American remains returned from North Korea

Vice President Mike Pence, left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, attend at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, […]

Take a tour of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule slated to take astronauts into orbit in April

Last week, NASA made two important announcements pertaining to the future of America’s manned space travel endeavors. The first announcement, which garnered the majority of the attention, was the list of astronauts slated to be the first ever to venture into space aboard commercial rockets. The second, however, tempered the excitement — acknowledging that the […]

Three things that seem like they’ll kill you (but probably won’t)

People have always been fascinated with death, and for good reason. Despite the massive breadth of experiences that one can accumulate over a lifetime on Earth, our final disposition after we exhale our last breath remains a unique kind of mystery: one we will all eventually solve, but can never relay to others. Death represents […]

On this day in history: Jesse Owens proves American might over Nazi ideals

On this day in history, James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens wins the 200 m sprint in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, his third gold medal of the games. Owens and his performance over the course of the Berlin Olympics would see him win four gold medals in total. He is recognized as one of the greatest track […]

A secret TSA program has been assigning air marshals to spy on thousands of US citizens

Earlier this week, an investigation from the Boston Globe uncovered a TSA program spanning the past eight years that saw federal air marshals secretly following and monitoring U.S. citizens as they flew between domestic destinations. The program, called “Quiet Skies,” had gone undisclosed since its inception in 2010 and remains active today. The program sees […]

In Pictures: California in flames

California has been suffering from severe wildfires which have claimed countless structures and several lives. Thousands upon thousands have been evacuated — the Carr Fire alone has driven almost 40,000 people out of their homes and has killed a grandmother and her two grandchildren, as well as two firefighters. The fires are also prevalent in […]

For the first time in decades, the US is moving to develop new nuclear ICBMs

As the first nation to develop atomic weapons, the United States has long enjoyed its status as among the premier nuclear powers on the globe, second in total nuclear weapon count only to its Cold War-era competitor, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). Within the United States, Americans tend to assume that America not only possesses […]