Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Politics is a dirty business and politicians don't come any dirtier than Dick Cheney. He's a man who delights in operating on the 'dark side' and is the Darth Vader of American politics. However, is it going too far to accuse him of "crimes against humanity"? That term has quite a narrow and specific...
The White Stripes are an American band formed in 1997 within Detroit, Michigan. The White Stripes consists of two band members, Jack White on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, and Jack's ex-wife, Meg White, on drums and occasionally vocals. The White Stripes released three albums and many singles...
After scouring book reviews and Wikipedia, a list of the Top Ten Best Apocalyptic Novels was born. The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn't get you thinking on the quickest way stock your...
Artificial intelligence has not yet reached a level that allows for a truly autonomous robot, but we have come far in the last 50 years. Robots are in use today, performing duties from vacuuming our floors to building cars, to fighting our wars for us. Only a handful of these machines possess any...
Riots display human beings acting at their worst. Usually the result of political or social turmoil, most riots rely on killing, raping, looting and widespread destruction to get their point across. After examining the tolls that riots take on society, we have to wonder whether this is an effective...
On Tuesday, October 30, 2012, three soldiers for Britain’s 1st Battalion of The Royal Gurka Rifles were shot and killed at Nahr-e Saraj in the Helmond Province of Afghanistan. Officials report the shooter was an armed Afghan man impersonating a police officer and that a third man, believed to be...
The 20th century was a time of great change, with devastating wars, the rise of two superpowers and the fall of one. Demonstrations have been used throughout history to change the world, both peacefully and violently, but in the 20th century activism came into its own in an age of protest. 1)...
In 1945 George Orwell wrote, “We were once told that the aeroplane had ‘abolished frontiers’; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that frontiers have become definitely impassable.” These 10 giant military planes are incredible feats of engineering, and their impact on...
The U.S. Army has identified the man shown captured in a video filmed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as an American soldier. The military mentioned that his name was Pte Bowe Bergdahl. He is 23 years old and belongs to Ketchum, Idaho. He was captured by the Taliban from a U.S. military base near...
