Scott Jennings

Since I'm finally feeling somewhat conscious after 3 days of flu, let's have another dive into Suddenly Applicable History! Today we're focusing on one man: Major Harold Hering, USAF. He served six tours of duty, some of them in combat in Vietnam as an

Another possibly relevant note from history. This one comes pre-Godwin'd - it's about the fall of the Third Reich. Hopefully you've seen "Downfall" (if you haven't, please do, it's an extremely good movie and historically accurate) and know

It's August, 1991. The Soviet Union is in crisis - but for the past few years it's always been in crisis. Yet - this seems different. Mikhail Gorbachev has not been heard from. The KGB has him under "protective custody". The Soviet Army is

And today, DC goes crazy. My predictions: * Trump in about an hour or so has a fit of "I told you sos" on Twitter, taking perverse "credit" for losing the Senate, er, having it stolen. * McConnell gives an impassioned speech on the Senate floor finally, conclusively

This is an example of the agitprop being pushed by Trump this weekend (he tweeted it twice) China’s government is communist in name only. You can’t be communist and invest in major Hollywood studios, for God’s sake. Do these people even know what words mean? No, China