No, the US Military Isn't the Rebel Alliance from 'Star Wars' In a recently published photo, a U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tank a is seen flying a red-and-black flag emblazoned with the...
Did Napoleon Really Fire at the Pyramids? A Historian Explains the Truth Behind the Legends of Ridley Scott’s Biopic Director Ridley Scott is not a historian and presumably wants to entertain rather than to enlighten. But the problem of...
Denzel Washington Will Terrorize Rome as Legendary General Hannibal Barca There are countless movies about or set in the Roman Empire, but it sometimes feels like Hollywood forgot about Hannibal...
Biden Got Freaked Out About AI and National Security After Watching the Newest 'Mission: Impossible' Movie In the film, Cruise and his Impossible Mission Force team race against time to contain "the Entity," a Russian-made AI that...
The Incredible Life of the American Airman Who Created 'King Kong' Director Merian C. Cooper was an Army pilot who loved flying as much as he loved making movies.
Marine Corps Vet and Boxer Turned ‘Rocky’ Actor Burt Young Dies at 83 Young served in the Corps between 1957 and 1959. He learned boxing and maintained a record of 32-2 in the service.
War Movie Legend and Korean War Veteran Michael Caine Announces Retirement from Acting The actor, now 90 years old, has repeatedly announced his intention to retire, but asserts this time is for real.
'The Day After' Director Returns to Sound the Alarm with 'How to Stop a Nuclear War' Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer is back to warn us again about the danger posed by nuclear weapons and how the world is currently...
The Real Spy from John Le Carré Books Gets 'The Fog of War' Treatment Filmmaker Errol Morris' latest work, "The Pigeon Tunnel," gives "The Fog of War" treatment to a different kind of Cold...
Max and Michelle Brooks: From 'World War Z' to ‘War Words’ Written with military precision, zombie apocalypse novel ‘World War Z’ sold a million copies in its first five years in print...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...