FALL OF USSR: Part 6 – Two Bears in a Cave

In our final episode of the series. Tanks start moving and planes start racing. Plotters confess and in betweeners swear they had nothing to do with any coup! A rescued Gorbachev quickly realizing that he might be in yet another seizure of power. But this one happening quietly over a few tiring days. And with…

Infringe: History of a Word and the Debate Over Guns

What’s in a word? Lots, maybe, when its a key word in the most contentious debate in America. The word “infringe” determines the threshold of how the Constitution should be enforced and what laws to pass. We seem to use it to mean a “minor trespass” but that runs counter to its etymological roots [the…