I often watch blooper shows such as MTV’s Ridiculousness and wonder in bewilderment what the entertainment value is in watching a skateboarder cracking his head...
We have all seen reviews and advertisements for custom knives that cost from a few hundred to a thousand dollars or more. In most cases, these examples of the k...
Before alternating current (AC) was the norm, Thomas Edison tried his damnedest to show how dangerous it was, while, at the same time, promoting his method of e...
What young man hasn’t seen a pirate movie and dreamed of the freedom and independence implicit in a life lived on the open sea? Like Robert Redford in “All is L...
Late in the evening and early morning of December 2 and 3, 1984, a silent killer slipped into the homes of thousands of sleeping residents in the slums of Bhopa...
It was an unusually cold, steady rain for late May, and the Conemaugh River began spilling its banks, leaving knee-deep water throughout the city of Johnstown, ...
Profiling. You’ve heard of it, mostly as a technique used by law enforcement and security personnel to distinguish individuals who are more likely to be involve...
Go on social media or turn on the television, and you will find no shortage of survival “experts.” While there are some who are really good at what they do, nob...
9:34 p.m. Darkness descends upon New York City.
It has been a normal Wednesday evening for millions of New Yorkers. Commuting home from a late night at the o...
Crawling up the cold, slanted slab of cement has already gotten old, but this is now home. The crawl space just below the underpass is as good as it gets until ...
