by Bob | Nov 24, 2019 | Hidden History
That was the question at the core of one of the missions for the Time Patrol, Independence Day. I was trying to think of an ethical dilemma for the agent assigned the 4 July 1776 mission and this is it: Along with the declaration of Independence, Jefferson and the...
by Bob | Nov 15, 2019 | Hidden History
Even though I went to West Point, which is just south of Storm King Mountain from Newburgh where Washington the Continental Army was encamped in the winter of 1783, I had never heard of this. We studied the battles of the Revolution but perhaps we should have also...
by Bob | Oct 30, 2019 | Hidden History
That’s called foreshadowing. The message was supposed to be L-O-G-I-N, but after the L-O the system crashed. It was going from a lab at UCLA to one at Stanford. It’s interesting that the internet came about as computing faced a crossroads in development:...
by Bob | Oct 29, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Tuesday, 29 October 1929. The day that changed the world. Ushered in the Great Depression which would end with World War II. What if it hadn’t occurred? What if history was changed on that day? And on other 29 Octobers throughout history? What if Sir Walter...
by Bob | Oct 26, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Based at The Ranch, just outside of Area 51, the Nightstalkers are the elite Special Operations unit that takes care of the things that go bump in the night. They ‘correct’ the mistakes of scientists. They are our last defense against self-annihilation. They’re also a...
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