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September 24, 2025
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Free through the 28th, take a Quantum Leap through History on D-Day with the Time Patrol. ‘Now this is not the end. It is not
If you need one piece of preparation gear, get the one that has a lot of pieces. Frankly, after researching, there’s nothing wrong with buying
50% off. The screenplay has been written by one of the originators of Alien franchise. AREA 51. Our history isn’t what we believe. I keep
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins The author uses recently declassified material and extensive interviews to delve into
A single event can have strange historical ripples. In 1702 a yellow fever epidemic wiped out 10% of the population in less than three months.
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The streets of Southern Manhattan, including areas like the Financial District and the Village, are seen as disorganized
On July 29, 1976, serial killer David Berkowitz – who would become known as the Son of Sam – committed the first of his murders
The first rail tracks on the lower west side of Manhattan were laid along 10th and 11th Avenues south from Penn Station. The problem was,
I love writing fiction that finds amazing fact and “coincidences” of history and weaves them together into a thriller. These are facts: On the 25th
A conference held on the southwestern tip of Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. in the Billop House, which still stands. This
I remember watching Led Zeppelin’s last concert in the current Garden from ‘Blue Heaven’. Also attending the Millrose Games when they were held at the
New York City was not where the first Europeans settled in the area. They bypassed it. Maybe they knew something? The reality is that the
If you fly into or out of LaGuardia, coming in or going out over the Bronx—which a plane seemed to do every two minutes while
I tracked down his grave while doing research for a book, The Jefferson Allegiance, which has as the premise that Hamilton and Jefferson brokered a
NEW YORK CITY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK Today is publication day! It’s in Kindle Unlimited so feel free to thumb through and check out all this
Prison ships in New York Harbor. More American soldiers and sailors died in prison ships (primarily Wallabout Bay in the East River, now Fort Greene
The Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776. We lost. George Washington, fresh from his victory pushing the British out of Boston, came south,
Was today, 14 April, in 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. In some ways, this tragic event is subdued by the fact that the Civil
On the Ides of March, 1783 George Washington gives a dramatic speech, halting a coup by his officers against Congress and saving the fledgling United
One of the things I had to memorize as a plebe at West Point, besides esoteric stuff such as ‘How’s the Cow’ was an interesting
I first heard of Area 51 in the early 90s. My ex-wife was an Army helicopter pilot and deploying across the country with her unit
This is a short movie, slightly over an hour, that is fiction presented as a documentary. It is, frankly, quite brilliant. It is one of
“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even
I’m not in the royals and that whole kaboodle other than watching lots of documentaries about The War of the Roses and other historical documentaries,
I’ve been in Tennessee a while now and never really thought about the state’s name. I assumed it was Native American, but figured it might
Basic Facts: Length: 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers) With all branches included, it measures 13,171 miles (21,196 kilometers) Started: Various walls were initiated as early as
Officially known as The Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Realizing that they would be behind the west in
The Warren Commission determined in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. In the half a century since, polls have never indicated more than 30%
Could the Revolution Have Ended in 1776? Travel back in time to Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. The day Benjamin Franklin
It’s an island off the Bronx in New York City, not far from where I grew up. It’s not very big. Roughly a mile long
In the late 1960’s, scientists face a fundamental question regarding computing. In what direction will the future go? The big corporations, IBM and others, want
How does the United States go to war? It’s not as clear cut as many think. And it’s been a while since we’ve done it
Operation Paperclip was an OSS, Office of Strategic Services, program which brought over 1,500 Germans to the United States after World War II. The OSS
Explorer, soldier, poet, translator, diplomat, spy, linguist, writer, cartographer, fencer, and more. A great and enigmatic person in history. Burton traveled the world, going to
We tend to think of the south when we discuss slavery in America. In 1703, New York City had the second highest percentage of slaves
‘Wanted: Women With Degrees in Mathematics . . . Women are being offered scientific and engineering jobs where formerly men were preferred. Now is the
When we turn a light on, or plug in any device, we owe a debt to Nikola Tesla for his contributions to the design of
“The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared
“Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James, Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?” The USS Reuben James
In 1929, the 29th of October is the day the Great Depression officially began. The stock market had been going down, but this was the
Sounds like a reverse Man in the High Castle. I had never really considered it until I saw a book in the Fort Campbell library
The United States just set a record for daily deaths from COVID-19 and people didn’t even blink. The president publicly announced he is destroying the
This headline not only should be in an Alanis’ Ironic song, it is the epitome of what our society is going through. A man who
Historians, if there are any in the future, will look back at our current era and be puzzled. They’ll see a society that had access
The White House is supposed to be our house. The people’s. Yet now it is surrounded by barricades and walls. And the occupant blames the
We are in a lose-lose-lose situation. If you remember War Games, the movie from 1983, in the end the computer decides the only way to
It was a good day, even while many, including my father, were still fighting in the Pacific Theater. Many historians have traced the origins of
I studied World War I at West Point. We all know about the Great Depression that began in 1929. But the 1920s? All I know
I’m watching kids being dropped off by their parents to a house across the street where there’s a big sign congratulating a daughter on her
I’ve examined the balance of power in the United States in several of my books because the Founding Fathers never intended their work to last
Seven Days in May is one of those rare things: a movie that is better than the source book. The book isn’t bad, but it’s
First off, if it had worked, many of the big problems in our Constitution that had to be incorporated to allow slavery wouldn’t exist and
First interesting piece of trivia: William Tecumseh Sherman was the first president of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, which eventually became
I recently noticed the Secretary of State weighing in on his review of a movie. Which is odd, to say the least. I watched The
Most have heard of the Donner Party and we immediately think of the most notorious aspect: the cannibalism. But when I began researching the event
And it wasn’t the Caine. I went to the Military Academy, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. Although Jefferson tended to be anti-military, he accepted
Through 16 December HERE. The first two books in my epic series, Duty, Honor, Country are free today. They’re followed, of course, by Country. And
Most disasters require 7 things to go wrong; my rule of 7. Whether it be a plane crash or a military disaster. Pearl Harbor was
It began as nothing more than a routine training flight. At 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from
It’s a bit difficult to believe that Caesar had no idea about the plot against him. Intelligence was critical for survival in ancient Rome, especially
That was the question at the core of one of the missions for the Time Patrol, Independence Day. I was trying to think of an
Even though I went to West Point, which is just south of Storm King Mountain from Newburgh where Washington the Continental Army was encamped in
JFK was assassinated on 21 Nov 1963. His mistress, Mary Meyer, was killed on 12 Oct 1964. Shot in the back of the head while
At the end of World War II, there was a race between the Russians and the Americans to plunder the scientific knowledge of the Nazi
That’s called foreshadowing. The message was supposed to be L-O-G-I-N, but after the L-O the system crashed. It was going from a lab at UCLA
Tuesday, 29 October 1929. The day that changed the world. Ushered in the Great Depression which would end with World War II. What if it
We got our code word to conduct our war time assigned mission? We ran lots of training exercises in Special Forces. I don’t believe we
Many people consider the two the same, but I don’t. One is inward oriented, the other outward. At West Point we had to memorize quite
When my wife and I met one of the first things that attracted us to each other was that our bookshelves held many of the
Most have heard of New Amsterdam, the iteration of New York City before it became called just that. However, what I didn’t know, even having
I just finished The March of Folly by Pulitzer Prize winning author Barbara Tuchman and highly recommend it. It details how humans are not only
Nine Eleven (Time Patrol) is free until the 12th. Each of my Time Patrol books consists of six mission on the same day in different
I tend to go for superlatives when researching. When my wife and I are watching some documentary, I’ll inevitably say: I wrote about that! In
By The Jefferson Allegiance and his mistress. A document brokered by Jefferson and Hamilton against the future threat of a president run amok. That’s the
Why did the Titanic sink? It started long before the iceberg. What events long before launch led to the Apollo 13 accident and miraculous return?
By The Jefferson Allegiance and his best friend and aide. A document brokered by Jefferson and Hamilton against the future threat of a president run
False Flag operations have happened throughout history. If we don’t learn from history, we will repeated the same mistakes. I just updated this keynote presentation
By The Jefferson Allegiance and his daughter. A document brokered by Jefferson and Hamilton against the future threat of a president run amok. That’s the
We know its in order to smell leaks, but what happened that someone realized this needed to be done? A terrible disaster. Unfortunately, that is
By The Jefferson Allegiance and a General named Grant. A document brokered by Jefferson and Hamilton against the future threat of a president run amok.
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] By The Jefferson Allegiance and a Congressman named Lincoln. A document brokered by Jefferson and Hamilton against the
I used to stay in the basement of a brownstone on Jane Street in the Village when I visited my agent or publisher in NYC.
Beginning today in 1948, the Berlin Airlift is a unique moment in history. When victors went to extraordinary lengths to extend a lifeline to a
New York Minute is set in the city in the summer of 1977, which was a tumultuous time, to say the least. Son of Sam
Happy birthday to my fellow West Point alum, Sam. The story of his name change is just one of many rather interesting facts about Grant’s
During the Vietnam War, Special Forces often worked with the CIA on covert intelligence gathering missions. One of those units was Project GAMMA. On 6
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Admiral Howe held a meeting on that day on the top of Staten Island to discuss halting the conflict even
We all agree this was a tragic event, but also there seems to be a feeling that since the Civil War was essentially “won” at
This is the opening scene of New York Minute— the event that starts everything in motion heading toward a bloody showdown a week later, when
Basking the glow of Watergate, the Pentagon Papers and other coups, the press corps was riding hide. Then the perfect storm hit New York City
Interesting to research this. I remember most of these songs. 1977 was an interesting year in that several different sounds were converging in different directions:
My latest slideshare, the first of a number that will revolve around the world of New York Minute: 1977, New York City. Nothing but good
I was giving a keynote at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference several years ago and I mentioned this book and movie and got blank stares.
15 March is a significant date in history, but not just for the event of 44 BC. It’s also the date in 1917 that the
This might be the most significant event of the 20th Century. Tsarist Russia was gone, replaced by Communist Russia. Part of the momentum behind Hitler’s
This is the stuff I love finding when researching. in 1720, a Spanish expedition out of Santa Fe was attacked in Nebraska by Native Americans,
One of the duties of a fiction writer is to predict the future; and sometimes re imagine the past. The issue of a president bloated
It really doesn’t. Any man-made disaster usually has seven cascade events, with the seventh being the disaster. At least one of the six previous ones
This is a guest post by my wife, who is much smarter. Deb: I’ve decided that everything is about age. Bob and I got a
Abridged from Stuff Doesn’t Just Happen: The Gift of Failure. I go through the seven Cascade Events that led to Pearl Harbor in detail in