Bush wrong in comparison of Obama to ‘Nazi Appeasers’

Today, President Bush took a jab at the apparent democratic nominee for his job, Barack Obama, by saying that Obama’s apparent appeasement of terrorists is the same as some United States and European leaders appeased Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany in the 1930’s. First off, no one appeased Hitler in the run up to [...]

High school alumni refuse to change ‘mushroom cloud’ mascot

Richland High School in Richland, Washington, uses the mascot of ‘the Bombers’ (the official school seal here) and use a mushroom cloud to represent their public high school. The image conjuers up images of death and destruction in the minds of most, but for Richland High School alumni, it brings the feelings of accomplishment, [...]

Hillary Clinton and Richard Nixon are eriely alike

Hillary Clinton is taking a lot of heat lately for her stretching and fabrication of the truth and for being too secretive. Former Preseident Richard Nixon had the exact same issues when he was running for president forty years ago in the election of 1968.
The similarities don’t stop there. Richard Nixon, a republican, [...]

He’s at Least in the Bottom Ten

As George W. Bush’s time in the white house and his approval rating lower, political analyists and historians are beginning to ponder his place in history as a United States president. As of now, there are two main schools of thought. The more popular one is that Bush will be seen as one [...]

Russian Monuments: Part 1

Alexander Nikolaevich (Alexander II) of Russia may have been the Lincoln and the FDR of the Imperial Russian Czars because not only did he emancipate the serfs but he also created many liberal social reforms such as the re-organization of the military, a new French-based judicial administration, a new penal code that simplified and made [...]

Hitler was an Asshole: Part II

We all know what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews and other European minorities in the Holocaust, but what he did to Leningrad for the infamous 831 days between September 8, 1941 and January 27, 1944 solidified his place in hell.
Known as the Siege of Leningrad, Hitler’s armies created a blockade around the city formally [...]

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrile was one of the, well, most terrible czars imperial Russia had ever seen. There are many stories about his brutalness towards the serfdom, but one of his most brutal acts and the one that probably wished the most that he could take back was the killing of his eldest son, also [...]

The Omphalos Theory

The navel. Not much more than a scar from days when we ate via umbilical cord.
The Omphalos Theory makes more out of the navel than that. Omphalos is Latin for navel and the theory that bears its name pushes the idea that creation didn’t just happen once, it could and does happen all [...]

Learning Lessons from Losses

“Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam” is tossed around more frequently in the media, on message boards, and in political science classes across the country as the war in Iraq stretches out into another military money pit for the United States. With a new president on the way in ’08, Iraq is on top of [...]

Tecumseh’s Curse

Tecumseh (Teh-come-say) was a Swanee (Native American tribe) leader who rallied Native Americans to fight for the land they lived on against the manifest destiny propelled American military and settlers. After hearing that William Henry Harrison – govenor of the Indiana Territory – went back on the treaty that many Native American leaders had [...]

Globalization (e.g. Princess Diana’s death)

I thought that this was pretty fun:
“An English princess
with an Egyptian boyfriend
crashes in a French tunnel,
driving a German car
with a Dutch engine,
driven by a Belgian who was drunk
on Scottish whisky,
(check the bottle before you change the spelling) followed closely by
Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, treated by an American
doctor using Brazilian medicines.
This is sent to you [...]

Five ’til Doomsday

In 1947, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear weapon. The arms race of the Cold War had begun, and so did the Doomsday Clock.
The Doomsday Clock represents our civilization’s threat of annihilation via nuclear war. The closer the Clock gets to midnight, the closer we are to nuclear war. Once the [...]

Võ Nguyên Giáp: The Most Badass History Teacher Ever

Võ Nguyên Giáp is a Vietnam born, military genius with no formal military officer training. He led the Việt Minh to victory over the colonial forces of France and the United States between 1946 and 1975.
Giáp got his first real taste of revolution in his late teens when he enrolled in a French [...]

Murdering for the Masses

Two and a half decades ago, Saddam Hussein ordered the killing of nearly 200 of his own countrymen. On December 31st, 2006, he was executed by his new Iraqi government. Hussein had the nearly 200 Iraqis murdered because of their opposing religious and, consequently, political beliefs. Since then, Hussein was labeled a “mass-murderer” and “evil” [...]

Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation in America

Since the beginning of civilization, humans have seen the life of many species end. Sometimes it is a natural extinction, but other times it is from some sort of human interference in the natural order of things. During the 20th century alone, we have lost or are close to losing species like the [...]

Flags of Our Fathers Review

It’s February 19, 1945, your regiment’s mission is to take the 550 foot tall Mount Suribachi on the lonely Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The black sand and barren landscape add to the loneliness of the tiny island. Your superiors are not exactly sure where the enemy is, all you know is that [...]