DW describes a new German history book that explores the life of the Stasi and their informants. These unofficial informants would spy on their friends and family — either willingly, or because they themselves were put under pressure. But what made the…

There is a crucial dynamic to disinformation that historians often overlook. Propaganda generates blowback, where feedback loops themselves may be laced with disinformation that spins out of control. In other words, experts in propaganda know that it&#…

U.S. Steel in the 1960s displayed a “Portfolio of Possibilities” by Syd Mead. Notable among the possibilities was a walking garbage truck that didn’t mind the snow. Of course everyone knows what happened next. The movie industry pivot…

The Military-Industrial Complex Eisenhower Warned About In 1961, Eisenhower warned the American people about the “unwarranted influence” of the military-industrial complex. He spoke of the danger when “the potential for the disastrous…

From the BBC comes an assessment of the original and real American Superman. “…it blew my mind when I saw it. He’s essentially a violent socialist.” The earliest issues of Action Comics bear out this assessment. When there are w…