by Bob | Jan 1, 2020 | Books, Movies and TV shows
There are several books free for you to start the New Year with! Free today, 1 January 2020 and tomorrow, 2 January, is The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide. I really believe this book is critical for everyone and that’s the reason it’s free to...
by Bob | Dec 1, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
It’s a bit difficult to believe that Caesar had no idea about the plot against him. Intelligence was critical for survival in ancient Rome, especially given that there was no police force: order was kept by strength and to wield that, one required knowledge. Why...
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:...
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