Brian F. Bridgeforth

A Brief History of NATO

March 2, 2022

After the fall of the Soviet Union, many questioned the continued existence of NATO. After all, NATO’s sole purpose was to be a deterrent to Soviet aggression in Europe, and with the Soviet Union gone,

Leopold II and the Rape of the Congo

June 6, 2018

King Leopold II of Belgium is remembered in history as a monster. His atrocities in the Congo committed in the name of greed are the darkest chapters of European colonialism. Through the period from the

Remembering September 11th

March 27, 2018

September 11th, 2001 is one of those events that anyone who is old enough remembers exactly what they were doing when they heard the news that terrorists had flown planes into the World Trade Center