The Reasons Behind the Zimmerman Telegram TLDR: Only the United States is allowed to interfere in Mexican politics Anyone who went through a middle school history class probably remembers something about British decoding the “Zimmerman Telegram” which prompted the US to actively enter World War I. It was an attempt by the German government to […]
Feckless Negotiators TLDR: US policy or lack thereof in the early 1920s helped pave the way for Nazi Germany. Reparations after war were common in Europe, so it wasn’t unusual that Germany got stuck footing the bill for WWI in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. After all, the Germans did the exact same thing to […]
Grady blinked. Noting that he was blinking was actually his first conscious thought. The light was bright and startling. “That’s probably why I’m blinking,” he thought. Then he spoke out loud but under his breath “What a silly thought. Who spends time thinking about their own blinking?” A young man in the corner sat […]
This is a short story in Just Comply, a collection of short stories published in July 2021. If you like this story, please consider buying the book using the link at the end of the story. Ava Canady sat in her office, nervously clicking the top of a ballpoint pen. She clicked it faster like an engine […]
While Ad Fontes does not hold itself out as a Fact Checking organization, here is an example of how Fact Checking can dovetail with our methods to elevate quality sources and identify sources with poor credibility or bias. An article published on the website, Principia Scientific International on January 26, 2021 leads with the headline, […]
This was originally published on Medium. If you like this story, please give it an applause on Medium by following the link at the bottom of the page. An Evening on Tinder as a Woman I’ve been working on a novel with a female protagonist and wanted to get a better perspective from women on […]
This is a short story in Just Comply, a collection of short stories published in July 2021. If you like this story, please consider buying the book using the link at the end of the story. Background Music™ Tom opened his eyes. The sound of Thunderstruck was streaming directly into his brain through his specially designed cochlear […]
This is an excerpted chapter from my nonfiction work I Suck at Everything. If you like this excerpt, buy the book at the link below. I’m Ronnie Calvin With four degrees under my belt and parts of two more, I have always fancied myself an intellectual, but in reality, I’m just really good at falling into rabbit […]
It’s been almost two weeks since a mob attacked Congress in hopes of subverting the presidential election results. In those two weeks, I keep hearing the same thing. “This is not who we are as a nation.” I challenge this notion. Looking at our own bloody history, this is very much who we are. The […]
This is an excerpted chapter from my nonfiction work I Suck at Everything. If you like this excerpt, buy the book at the link below. I suppose you could look at my failure in pararescue training and my success at DLI as a life lesson. Though my body is strong, my mind is the far […]