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This episode we explore the future of the U.S. Army's Project Convergence, and its relationship to the early days of the Second World War.

The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton continues its Date with History series with military historian Patrick K. ODonnell on his 2018 book, "The Unknowns: The Untold Story of Americas Unknown Soldier and WWIs Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home."

Bernard-Henri Lévy is almost always described as a philosopher, a public intellectual or both.  Yet these terms are misleading.

The gun has an effective range of 6,000 feet.

The unit of Black soldiers, who served in combat in World War I, will be honored with Congress' highest award.

Article IV of the Constitution addresses the obligations of the federal government to the state governments that were being asked to surrender aspects of their sovereignty to form our new Union. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," reads Article IV, "and shall protect each of them against Invasion." Late in the War of 1812, U.S. forces held Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor through a nightlong attack but failed to stop an invading Brit...

The report into the culture at Virginia Military Institute contains many horrific examples. Some cadets casually and openly using a racial slur so offensive we’re reluctant to even abbreviate it. Male cadets sexually assaulting and sometimes raping female cadets. One male administrator who “repeatedly walked into women’s rooms when they had their shades down, which is a sign that they are in the process of changing clothes.” That administrator “appears” to have bee...

Roberts ( Rat Time) returns with a thoroughly entertaining collection of autobiographical comics featuring her distinctive blend of deadpan humor and quirkily sincere flights of fancy. She observes life with husband Scott, pre-teen daughter Xia, and dog Crooky with equal parts appreciation and bemusement. “Xia and I played Barbies more intensely than ever before,” Roberts tells her mother, recalling Xia-as-Barbie improvising her way through a job interview, a scene followed by another in wh...

The question of why the boot, rather than the string tie or rattlesnake hat­band, should be making it big in fashion these days opens up yet another dimen­sion of boot stylishness. There are any number of typical cowboy duds, but only boots are “in.” Why? In a word, because they’re macho. Without getting too clinical, it’s easy to see that a long-toed, high-heeled, form-fitting boot has a lot more going for it than a pair of loafers. According to William A. Rossi, author of The Sex L...

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