Though the nuances are lost on a modern generation of lamentably binary Americans, imbedded within the school’s history we see the possibility that very good people might support some very bad causes.
Will Dabbs
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The University Greys: The Highwater Mark of Misplaced Hope
Updated: January 13, 2025 { 15 comments }The 2012 Empire State Building Shooting: Cop Carnage
Updated: January 6, 2025 { 12 comments }Thirty people have successfully committed suicide off of the building despite some fairly extensive impediments specifically designed to dissuade such sordid stuff.
The Mysterious Death of Superman
Updated: November 23, 2024 { 4 comments }George Reeves played one of the most iconic roles in the history of television, yet he was still never satisfied. Methinks there’s a message in there someplace, something deep and timeless, perhaps.
The 1927 Bath School Bombing
Updated: November 17, 2024 { 4 comments }Assault weapons, whatever they are, seem to be the perennial target of gun-banning Leftists whenever anything bad happens in America. However, back in 1927, a lunatic named Andrew Kehoe showed us that a proper monster can sow a profound amount of chaos without using a firearm.
William Smith: Body Builder, Linguist, Actor, Spy
Updated: November 9, 2024 { 6 comments }His forte was the hulking villain, and he played that to perfection. Friends knew him as Big Bill.
Vasili Arkhipov and the Most Dangerous Day in Human History
Updated: November 3, 2024 { 13 comments }On one of the most dangerous day in US history, Vasili ARkhipov diffused the eminent nuclear attack and saved the world from Soviet missiles and war.
The 2004 Beslan Attack: The Worst School Shooting in Human History
Updated: October 22, 2024 { 9 comments }Entire swaths of humanity are stark raving lunatics. On 1 September 2004, 32 lunatics approached School Number One (SNO) in Beslan, North Ossetia, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus in Russia.
Orde Wingate And The Super Creepy Glider Pilot
Updated: October 20, 2024 { 4 comments }Most anyone sufficiently enlightened to frequent GunsAmerica is already familiar with the airborne component of Operation Overlord. Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan captured our imaginations and just wouldn’t let go.
M1C Garand Sniper Rifle & Marine MGySgt John Boitnott
Updated: October 9, 2024 { 6 comments }John Boitnott got his first taste of war on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Serving as a Marine onboard the Northampton-class cruiser USS Chicago, he was wounded during the Japanese aerial attack.
St Nazaire: The Mother of All Commando Raids
Updated: October 5, 2024 { 6 comments }It was the threat of the battleship and her fearsome guns that kept combat fleets bottled up and gave invasion planners pause.