Will Dabbs

Alejo Garza Tamez’s last stand has been described in the Mexican media as having been fought with “dignity, honour, and courage.” Don Alejo showed the world that one determined man with a gun still can make a difference.

I’ve seen a few actual fights. As a physician, I’ve seen the aftermath lots of times. In the real world, real-life close combat is typically ugly, fast, and inelegant.

At age six, George and his father made a model airplane. He took his first flight in a real plane at age 9. From that point forward, he began skipping school to spend time with the mechanics and pilots at the local aerodrome.

Bruce Carr’s exploits would make a fantastic movie, but I’m afraid nobody would believe it was real.

We guys do take our sports seriously. The psychosocial impetus behind this curious phenomenon is indeed fascinating.

Bad things happen in war, and atrocities have been part of institutionalized killing ever since men lived in caves.

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes On 6 August 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets dropped the first atomic bomb from the B29 Superfortress Enola Gay on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This weapon, an enriched uranium gun-type design designated “Little Boy,” exploded 1,500 feet above the ground and had a nominal yield of around 15 kilotons. That [...]

There is a fellowship intrinsic to military service that is tough to describe to those who have not lived it. For starters, we were all so terribly young.

Warlords, drug kingpins, or just garden-variety criminals can make life a living hell for good folks who just want to go about their business.