In the modern era of air combat, speed isn’t everything. Stealth, maneuverability, weapons, and the disruption of weapons, are all essential to acquiring air superiority. But speed has value too, closing the distance to…
The United States – along with Mexico and Guatemala – is one of just three countries on earth where owning a gun is a constitutional right. But while the Second Amendment to the U.S.…
Every U.S. president since Ulysses S. Grant has been either a Republican or a Democrat. Dominated by only two major parties for over a century and half, American politics has long been a breeding…
Each region of America has distinctive foods, from New England lobster to Southwestern enchiladas. But look closer and you’ll find certain dishes intrinsic to a state’s identity, even if barely known beyond its borders.…
Food names can be deceiving. French fries aren’t actually French, Swiss steak didn’t originate in Switzerland, and Mongolian barbecue is neither Mongolian nor barbecue. These misleading monikers are widespread for various reasons. Sometimes a…
Over the last five years, the U.S. population grew by 2.7%, increasing from approximately 327 million in 2016 to nearly 332 million in 2021, with immigration accounting for nearly the entire increase. The ongoing…
Language is always changing, just like Led Zeppelin crooned in “Stairway to Heaven.” Words get new meanings while losing old ones. 24/7 Tempo used the Oxford University and Dictionary.com collaboration Lexico.com’s list of Archaic…
Social media has exploded into a global phenomenon over the last 15 or 20 years. Once mostly a way for schoolmates and co-workers to interact – Mark Zuckerberg famously launched what he originally called…
Incidents of deadly gun violence recently hit a historic high in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48,830 Americans were killed by firearms in 2021, equal to about…
Amidst the early stages of the pandemic, there was a remarkable surge in home sales across the United States. The homeownership rate in the U.S. escalated from 65.3% to 67.9% between the first and…
What makes a dish truly iconic in America? Does it just need to be popular nationwide? Does it require a long history? Or does it need to exemplify how we as a nation dine…
The U.S. military, one of the largest in the world, has dozens of special forces groups. Nearly all of the six branches have one or more extremely selective and elitee squad, reserved for the…
There was a time when the only marijuana-related foodstuff anyone had ever heard of was the infamous pot brownie, a staple of ‘60s gatherings descended from a recipe for hashish fudge published in 1954…
The United States is the single largest civilian firearm market in the world. A recent Gallup poll found that 45% of Americans have a gun in their home. And many of those households have…
San Francisco’s Bay Area was an affordable hippie and music enclave in the 1960s that later became a magnet for the gay community in the 1980s. The rise of the U.S. tech industry in…
