There has been much negative press about cops lately. Possible illegal shootings, abuse of power, whatever. Americans are beginning to believe ALL cops in ALL cities are just bad eggs. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, the vast majority of police officers serv …

It's sobering. Maybe all those things Al Gore tried to tell us are true. Perhaps the added heat to our atmosphere, a possible result of a century and a half of burning fossil fuels are starting to catch up to the human race. The rapid freshening of the oceans due to icemelt from …

*In this writer's nine years posting articles for Newsvine, today is the most difficult article to write. Like you, I was devastated by what happened in Dallas. I went through the usual gamut of emotions. Shock, anger, sadness, and then back to anger. Why, I ask - …

The story of Kenneth Peter Christiansen, a former US Army paratrooper at the tail end of World War 2, really began with an article written by Geoff Gray for New York Magazine in October 2007. The article presented some early evidence suggesting that Christiansen may have be …

Ever since the Orlando Massacre, the idea of passing a few sensible changes to our current US gun laws has really ramped up. People are angry. They point to the assault rifle as the 'bad guy,' and want all of them banned again, just like Bill Clinton did back in t …

Turn out the lights, the party's over as the guys on Monday Night Football once said. Donald Trump's bid to become the next President of the United States is OVER. You heard it here first, even though you may have suspected it earlier than this writer did. As far as Republican c …

America is jazzed with guns. The number of privately-held weapons in the USA is unknown, but estimates range from 250 million all the way up to a BILLION. That doesn't count anything in sporting goods stores, the warehouses of gun manufacturers, or held by the mil …

The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 fantasy/adventure film starring Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, and John McEnery. The picture has reached near-cult status in the United States, and is based on the novel of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Recently, this writer intervie …

(The podcast version of this article can be found HERE.) Just before Omar Mir Seddique Mateen entered the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, he made a quick phone call to 9-1-1. He told whoever responded that he had sworn allegiance to ISIS, and probably a few other choice bi …

It's been nearly eight years since author Geoffrey Gray first suggested that former Northwest Airlines employee Kenny Christiansen could have been the perp of the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history, in his 2007 article for the New York Magazine. Gray fol …

Electric cars are nothing new, but it's only been recently that they have begun to be remotely practical. And like any technology that is aggressively pursued, two things are bound to happen. First, the technology will improve and become more diverse. Second, the technology will …

Recently, I saw that former spy and bank robber Christopher Boyce had not only been released from Federal prison, but that he had written a book on his experiences titled, American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman. When I saw he was also off parole and comple …

You could build a wall from the far corner of Washington State to the eastern edge of Maine, and another one from Florida to California. Put up machine-gun towers with Border Patrol agents packing assualt weapons and partnered up with German Shepherds trained to attack on comman …

Today, Bernie Geestman lives in the shadow of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State, near the town of Sequim. (pronounced ‘Sk-wim’) Over the years, he has become a strong suspect as not only a direct accomplice to the Cooper hijacking, but in assisting hijac …

In Parts One and Two, this writer laid the foundation on why Bernard Wayne Geestman of Port Angeles, WA became a strong suspect as a direct accomplice to alleged Cooper hijacker Kenneth Peter Christiansen. In the conclusion of this series, I present the theory from Adventur …

1) Assuming you go along with the idea that aliens had a hand in our history, and have been visiting us for a while now, you should stop worrying about an invasion. If they wanted to do that, and truly possessed advanced technology, they would have done it long ago before we had …

In Part One, this writer gave a general overview of the main suspects in the unsolved Cooper hijacking, the types of people who inhabit Cooperland, and links to information and research done on the case. Part Two is about the people who spend time trying to be first to solve the  …

Most of you reading this know the basic facts. Ammon Bundy has led a group of protestors to take over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon. Protesting something is an accepted practice in America, that's a given. Crowds walking along a freeway and shuttin …

In Parts one and two, this writer described the somewhat crazy world that has grown around the infamous 'D.B. Cooper' case since 1972. In part three, I talk about my adventures in Cooperland, which sometimes seems more like Wonderland than anything else. I was a reletive latecom …

(Note from the author: This series is drawn from research being done for the upcoming book Cooperland, which studies the people and events surrounding the D.B. Cooper case.) It remains the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history, and was pulled off on November 24th, 1971.  …

No political agenda here. Just a simple list from my research: 1) A majority of our young people, the first generation that has not known life without the internet, support him. I call them the 'Connected Generation,' a term I invented that was accepted by Urban Dictio …

You could build a wall from the far corner of Washington State to the eastern edge of Maine, and another one from Florida to California. Put up machine-gun towers with Border Patrol agents packing assualt weapons and partnered up with German Shepherds trained to attack on comman …

Back in 2007, this writer was busy creating articles for Newsvine on the first Obama campaign for President. Here we are eight years later and the country is once again seeking a new leader for the Free World. I don't write about Republicans for POTUS, nor do I support any of th …

Back in 2007, this writer was busy creating articles for Newsvine on the first Obama campaign for President. Here we are eight years later and the country is once again seeking a new leader for the Free World. I don't write about Republicans for POTUS, nor do I support any of th …

One week before the caucuses, Iowa is effectively a tossup, as Bernie Sanders has taken a one-point edge over Hillary Clinton after trailing last month. That puts Sanders in position to potentially win both early states as he continues to hold a very large lead in New Hamp …