Mexico City sees drug-war-style violence come to the capitalABC NewsMexico City residents were stunned by the sight of drug-war-style violence, including burnt-out vehicles and road blockades by gang-sympathizing motorcycle taxi drivers, in the nation’s capital, sights that had previously been seen only in violence …and more » Read More… Mexico City sees drug-war-style violence come to […]
Daily SignalHigh Stakes for the US Navy as It Wages War on ISISDaily SignalThe air war over Syria is one of most complex that U.S. Navy aviators and sailors have ever faced. Aviators are on guard against air-to-air threats while they exercise a close air support mission honed from 16 years of post-9/11 counterinsurgency …and […]
The VergeThe latest trailer for The Defenders promises blood and warThe VergeMarvel’s The Defenders will arrive ready to binge in just a few weeks, and Comic-Con can always be counted on to whet fans’ appetite for what’s to come. In the miniseries’ latest trailer, Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver) intones that she and aren’t that …THE DEFENDERS […]
PRIClosing the State Department’s war crimes office could send the wrong messagePRI“I think this is a very unfortunate step because what it says to the world is the US does not make war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, torture a priority anymore,” said Allan Ryan, who was the director of the Office of Special Investigations […]
MarketWatchJohn McCain is a war hero — but think twice before saying he’s ‘battling’ cancerMarketWatchWhen it comes to discussing this disease, many people use words like “battle,” “fight,” “survive” and “beat” — language that would not be out of place when describing a war zone. Such terminology was on full display this week after former […]
Vanity FairThe Creators of HBO’s Alt-History Civil War Show Face Backlash Head OnVanity FairWeiss remembers having the idea after reading a bit of Civil War history and learning how one of Robert E. Lee’s botched invasions could have altered the course of the war if it had gone as planned. “What would the world have […]
VoxConfederate, a Civil War dystopia from the Game of Thrones creators, is already controversialVoxAs per HBO’s July 19 press release, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s Confederate “chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil War. The series takes place in an alternate timeline, where the Southern states have successfully seceded from the …The Creators of […]
CNNWhy cancer is not a war, fight, or battleCNNFor me, cancer never felt like a war. Cancer wasn’t something I “had,” but a process my body was going through. Brutal but effective medical treatment paused that process, as far as I know today. By the grace of science and God, I’m alive with no …and […]
Boston.com99 years ago, World War I arrived on the shores of Cape CodBoston.com“It brought the war that was over there, over here,” Jake Klim, the author of Attack on Orleans, told Boston.com. As Klim writes in his book, the SM U-156 was one of the first German submarines over the course of the two World […]
Business Insider’He will not let this investigation run its natural course’: Trump’s war on the DOJ is reaching new levelsBusiness InsiderPresident Donald Trump has escalated his war against the Justice Department in recent days, placing his attorney general and the FBI’s special counsel in his crosshairs as he becomes increasingly irritated by the expanding Russia […]
