Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on multiple fronts and driven by impossible odds. From fractured command to unpredictable alliances, the war was less a straight line to freedom and more a logistical and strategic nightmare.“This was not just a war between Americans and the British,” Burns said in a recent Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross. “It was Americans killing Americans. And it became a global war.”The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres November 16 on PBS, airing over six consecutive…
MADRID (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at U.S. military bases have started to feel the pain. At least 2,000 people working at overseas bases in Europe have had their salaries interrupted since the shutdown began almost six weeks ago. In some cases, governments hosting the U.S. bases have stepped in to foot the bill, expecting the United States to eventually make good. In others, including in Italy and Portugal, workers have simply kept working unpaid as the gridlock…
As film studios started moving production out of Hollywood, opting for locales beyond California, many in the movie-making industry thought of it as a blow for the filmmaking economy. An OpportunityBut where others saw a loss, Marine Corps veteran Joe Ramirez saw opportunity. Perhaps it’s the Marine Corps ethos of always finding a way to forge ahead, but Ramirez believed the industry’s exodus from California only meant a new pathway for veterans interested in telling impactful stories in Hollywood. After all, most veterans already have three essential components for success on screen: technical skill, discipline, and captivating stories itching to be told. Earlier…
Fifty-five miles north of Saigon, at a critical road junction in Phuoc Long Province, 11 American Green Berets were settling into what should have been a routine advisory mission. Detachment A-342, 5th Special Forces Group, had arrived at Dong Xoai in late May 1965 to train local Montagnard tribesmen and South Vietnamese forces.On June 9, Viet Cong mortar rounds and recoilless rifle fire tore through the camp’s defenses. What followed was a 14-hour battle that would force American planners to recalculate their efforts in the country and push the U.S. into full-scale ground combat.Two Viet Cong Regiments Attack Under the Cover…
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AGM Global Vision has announced the release of the Spectrum 4K-Mini, the most compact and lightweight 30mm 4K digital riflescope on the market. Weighing just 16 ounces, the Spectrum 4K-Mini is designed for hunters who value mobility without sacrificing performance. It delivers many of the same capabilities found in the full-size Spectrum LRF 4K, minus the laser rangefinder, in a smaller, more portable platform. The Spectrum 4K-Mini features a 4K UHD CMOS sensor paired with a 1920×1080 OLED display, offering crisp full-color images in daylight and a black-and-white night mode for nighttime use. Users can toggle between 50Hz at 4K…
This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute “Kleptocracy: a society whose leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people.”—Cambridge Dictionary America has been backsliding into kleptocratic territory for years now, but this may finally be it. A kleptocracy is literally “rule by thieves.” It is a form of government in which a network of ruling elites “steal public funds for their own private gain using public institutions.” As analyst Thomas Mayne explains, it’s “a system based on virtually unlimited grand corruption coupled with, in the…
A Marine recruit is recovering after getting shot during rifle training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina.The recruit was hit shortly after 12 p.m. on Nov. 5 during live-fire marksmanship training, a Marines spokesperson told Military.com. Emergency crews took him to Beaufort Memorial Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition. The hospital would not discuss his care and sent all questions back to Parris Island. The Marines are not releasing the recruit’s name or hometown until next of kin are notified.The service would not say whether the recruit shot himself or if another recruit fired…
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There have been a lot of stories over the years of a parent running in somewhere for a couple of minutes, only to come outside to see their car has been stolen with their child in the back seat. A lot of the time, the child is recovered, but it takes time, and there’s always a danger that something will happen before the child is found, even if the car thief isn’t the one who does it.Too many criminals may not intend to steal a car with a kid in it, but they’re not going…
I’ve spent decades shaving weight — grams off a bike build, scrutinizing pack weight before a climb. Weight kills performance. Every. Single. Time. But I didn’t truly understand how dramatically weight affects a vehicle until I drove my empty cargo van home from the dealer. The Lightbulb Moment This van had massively upgraded suspension, but it still didn’t handle nearly as well as the stock cargo van; (photo/Seiji Ishii) I’d previously owned vans with heavy suspension modifications. Upgraded shocks, struts, springs, the works. Did they drive better than stock? Absolutely. Then I picked up my cargo van. Stock suspension. Bad…
I had heard nothing at all about the new Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor when I ran across it the other evening and decided to give it a watch. As far as true-crime documentaries go, it’s pretty good… right up until the last ten minutes or so, when the film suddenly veers into a flawed attack on Stand Your Ground laws. The Perfect Neighbor primarily uses bodycam footage recorded by deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, who were repeatedly called out to a neighborhood in Ocala, Florida over a period of a couple of years…
This article was originally published by Kevin Hughes at Natural News. Millions participated in the second wave of “No Kings” demonstrations, with over 2,700 events and an estimated seven million attendees, marking one of the largest coordinated civil actions in U.S. history. Investigative researchers claim the movement is heavily funded by left-wing billionaires (Soros, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller) funneling hundreds of millions through opaque dark-money networks, despite protesters insisting their motivations are grassroots and personal. Protesters included veterans, students and civil rights icons, with emotional appeals against Trump’s policies, while symbolic imagery (inflatable frogs, Revolutionary War attire, Epstein-linked signs) dominated rallies.…
The original version of this story was published on iRunFar. This year’s edition of the race that started the backyard ultramarathon craze, the 2025 Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra, saw Sarah Perry of the U.K. set a new women’s record of 95 “yards,” totaling 395.8 miles (637.0 kilometers). Perry exceeded the prior women’s record of 87 yards, or 362 miles (583.3 kilometers), which was set by Megan Eckert (U.S.) at last year’s Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra, by eight laps, or 33.3 miles (53.6 kilometers). Eckert also raced this year and was the second-to-last woman standing with 92 yards, or 383.3 miles (616.8…
The upcoming elections in Virginia have been more than a little wild to watch. Because they’re off-year elections, there’s not a whole lot else going on, so there is always a significant amount of attention on what’s happening in the Old Dominion State. I kind of follow it anyway since I spent most of my Navy career there, and Cam lives there, so you know he’s paying attention, but a lot of others are watching too. That’s likely because many see Virginia as a bellwether for the midterm elections. The fact that the Democrats’ attorney…
