Eighty years ago this week almost three million allied troops, amassed in Southern England, readied themselves for the long awaited assault against Hitler’s vaunted Atlantic Wall. The assault force included 2,200 allied bomber crews tasked with attacking targets along the...

A quote from the post-apocalyptic G. Michael Hopf novel Those Who Remain, posits a theory on the cycle of civilizations that has gained popularity over the last few years. It reads:  “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good...