Earth: Katyn Forest, Russia, the site of a truly monstrous act of anti-intellectualism.
In April 1940, agents working for Stalin murdered tens of thousands of people here. Why? They were afraid of them thinking too much.
Celebrating Leigh Brackett: A journey from pulp SF to Star Wars.
Meet the amazing woman whose career stretched the arc from one era of science fiction to another.
“The Winds of War” Live-blogged, 8: Honeymoon in Lisbon, wine in Boston!
Why was Lend-Lease arguably the turning point of World War II? And can I find a good wine within walking distance of my hotel?
“The Winds of War” Live-blogged, 7: Hitler bombed my wine cellar!
What do you do when London is being bombed by the Luftwaffe? Hide out in your wine cellar, of course!
“The Winds of War” Live-blogged, 6: Blood, toil, tears, sweat…and wine!
France is falling, Byron's getting married and Pug's wife is fooling around. Where's my wine?
“The Winds of War” Live-blogged, 5: Sitting out the Sitzkrieg…with wine.
What wine would you serve during a "phony war"?
The mystery of the Empress of Britain: Treasure ship, or just another casualty of war?
Was there ever gold on board? Whose skeleton was found in the bullion room 55 years later?
Death in the wind: the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940.
Seventy-three years ago today, on November 11, 1940, the U.S. upper Midwest suffered one of the very worst blizzards in its history--and a very unique [...]
George P. Metesky: the Mad Bomber and his incredible 17-year reign of terror.
Meet George Metesky, the terrorist who tried to blow up New York City over a worker's comp claim.
Original footage of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse, in color! [video]
Above is a pretty famous and iconic piece of film--it has, for example, been chosen for preservation in the American Film Institute's archive [...]