The Lost Generation, b. 1883-1900 The Lost Generation was the 9th generation of Americans. Born between 1883 and 1900, they were defined as a Nomad generation by two prominent historians, the late William Strrauss, and Neil Howe. Generation X shares their archetype and mirrors their life...
In 1989 filmmaker David Hoffman recorded a therapy session for Gen-Xers who shared stories about growing up with fathers who were Vietnam War veterans. The teenagers, all of whom appear to have been born in the late 1960s, were filmed at a church in St. Louis, Missouri. “I felt for these...
The disappearance of EgyptAir 804 has made me think a lot about Pan Am Flight 103 and the Syracuse College students killed by terrorists on December 21, 1988. I was in college at the time and more than any other act of terrorism, it impacted me the most. Even more than the Oklahoma City bombing...
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Atlas Obscuria has published a fascinating story about this picture of an elephant foot of lava — radioactive corium — taken in 1996 at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. It takes awhile to get to the selfie explanation, but this is a terrific read....
After hearing about the terrorist attack in France on November 13, all I could think about was what Pope Francis said about our piecemeal World War III. It was September 13, 2014, and he said this while touring a war memorial in Italy where 100,000 World War I soldiers are buried. “Humanity...
I will show you great and mighty things. — Jeremiah 33:3 YouTube has removed filmmaker Michael Chang’s love letter to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, A Letter from the People of the Cross to ISIS. The video went viral in April 2015 after the Catholic website, OnePeterFive, posted...
[Infographic Monday]The History of American Wars courtesy LOWVARATES.com.
This post was a commentary that originally aired on KOSU Radio in 2012. During the war in Iraq soldier Alex Horton wrote the popular blog, Army of Dude. “There was no whimper, no cries for mother or last words when Chevy died. The explosion that blew him out of the Stryker made him, for a...
Terrorism is never going to end, and I knew this nearly 20 years before President George W. Bush in 2001, declared War on Terrorism. You probably knew it, too. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. I figured this out in December 1983, when the IRA bombed a department...
The following infographic highlights all the various wars and conflicts that have taken place since 1961. By broadest definition, the years for Generation X are 1961 to 1981. Somedays, it seems that the War on Terror, which officially began in 2001, will be with us for the rest of our lives. For...
Through the storm we reach the shore You give it all but I want more And I’m waiting for you With or without you… From U2, 1987 37 Sailors Died at Sea On May 17, 1987, 37 U.S. Sailors died when their ship was attacked by the Iraqis. Another and 21 were injured. The Persian Gulf...
Click here or on the above image to view an enlarged version of this infographic from ColumnFive Media. They say that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present. I have a degree in history, so you’d think I’d have a better grasp than most on the contemporary, but...
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