There is no doubt that the 1960s and 70s was a time of radical social and political change. There were many socio-political groups that emerged during this time to usher in that change. However, each of these groups had their ideas of what that change entailed and how exactly to usher it in. One of [...]

Need directions? There is an app for that. Social Networking? There is an app for that. Need to know the latest in leaked top secret information? Now, there is an app for that, too. Earlier this month Apple and Android both approved a WikiLeaks App for their mobile devices. The app’s description describes it as, [...]

Earlier this month, I had a wonderful chat with Joe Laycock on the subject of real life vampires. I wasn’t sure what to expect before the interview, because up until that point I’d never had any real interactions with vampires and didn’t even know that real life vampires exist in our society in this day [...]

Two Spokane psychologists, Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, are credited with the creation of the CIA’s waterboarding interrogation program. Though this is a widely known fact. What is not as widely known is the secret agreement they had with the CIA. This agreement is known as an “indemnity promise” and entails the CIA agreeing to [...]

In 2007, the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage and State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping collaborated in a 2-year mapping project that uncovered 180 mile missing section of the Great Wall of China. The Bureau of Surveying and Mapping posted their findings on their website back in 2009. The mapping study describes how the [...]

The following article details the history of fireworks and the amazing story of a man known as Friar Roger Bacon. Since the beginning of recorded time, there have been inventions and discoveries that has altered the course of human history. How different would the world be today without the inventions of the automobile, the airplane, [...]

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was the victim of a natural disaster of epic proportions. An earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Moment Magnitude scale shook the tiny country. For two weeks after the initial earthquake, the people of Haiti were bombarded with another 52 aftershocks. All of which measured 4.5 or higher. It is [...]

As part of our annual Christmas celebration at Top Secret Writers, we put together a great giveaway prize for a lucky reader. After putting the Turkey in the oven and baking a batch of Gingerbread cookies, we put the names of contestants in a hat and held the drawing for the Free Sunglasses at 12 [...]

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What does NSA mean?” – this article is a brief history of how the agency came into being shortly after WWII. In 1949, after World War II, there was a recognized need for greater coordination and cooperation between the various branches of the armed forces who had often worked alone [...]

In just a little over two years from now it is believed by those who subscribe to the 2012 phenomenon school of thought, that the world will undergo a dramatic change, and most likely an apocalyptic one on the 21st of December. This date corresponds with the end of the cycle of the Mayan calendar [...]