American history – Epik Fails of History!

August 12, 2024

Presidential Pros and Cons (Parts 1-11)

About 8 years ago, during the incredibly contentious 2016 Presidential Election (between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump), I began writing a series of articles covering the […]

June 20, 2024

From the Earth to the Moon: The Origins of NASA and the Space Race (1514-1972)

“Failure is not an option.” – Gene Kranz (NASA Flight Director, during Apollo 13) Just 66 years after the Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903, […]

May 6, 2024

The Space Shuttle Program (NASA: 1977-2011)

When Ben and I were working on “Epic Fails – The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff”, we went way over our word count, and actually […]

March 15, 2024

History of the Digital Age – Part 2: The Transistor, Microchips, and the Dawn of the Internet – A Timeline (1936-2000)

Last time, in Part One (Mechanical Clocks, Electricity, and Radio), we talked about the Abacus, the Chinese ‘Cosmic Engine’, the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, robots in early […]

March 5, 2024

Origins of the Digital Age – Part 1: Mechanical Clocks, Electricity, and Radio – A Timeline (2700 BCE – 1936)

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke As we approach the coming “Technological Singularity”, with the advent of Quantum Computing and […]