In one of the most impressive examples of American patriotism I’ve ever seen, Donny McCall of Invis-A-Rack rejected demands by the wealthy investors of the Shark Tank TV show to consider having foreign workers produce his products. Shark tank investors repeatedly grilled McCall on why he wouldn’t consider off-shoring production in order to lower his [...]

In August of last year, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcasted a one-hour documentary about President Barack Obama’s decision to raid a compound near Islamabad to kill Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. The documentary, which was titled ‘Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill’, was President Obama’s and America’s top security advisers’ first interview about the subject. In [...]

In 2010, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduced a pat-down procedure, which involves airport screeners running their hands up the inside of passengers’ thighs and around women’s breasts. The move immediately sparked criticism, with some critics referring to the procedure as nothing less than sexual assault. The pat-downs followed close on the heels of [...]

Imagine that you heard on the news that a potentially powerful solar flare had let off a cloud of charged particles strong enough to cause concern among scientists and even world leaders. Imagine that when the particle cloud hit, that the effects were worse than anyone had predicted – that all power and all communications [...]

On January 24th, author and Iran exile Reza Pahlavi submitted a full report to the United Nations Security Council accusing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of crimes against humanity and detailing those crimes to the council. In the report, Reza describes the attacks against unarmed civilians during the popular uprising following the fraudulent re-election of [...]

Yesterday, a very good friend and fellow writer sent over an image of a web-cam image from Tahrir Square in Egypt. The scene was stunning. Thousands upon thousands of Egyptians were gathered within the square to mark the one year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. The gathering consisted of around 10,000 Egyptian protesters all gathering [...]

If the media portrayal of the weekend attacks by hackers group anonymous are to be believed, the country is faced with a deceptive, manipulative and highly skilled group of hacker-protesters bent on taking down every major Internet site. They have only one part right – that the group is highly skilled. If you’ve read my [...]

I don’t know about you all, but after a whole day offline in protest of the upcoming PIPA and SOPA legislation votes in Congress, we’re just about bursting at the seams to get back to work. Thank you all for your patience and understanding during our day of silence. I’m sure everyone can appreciate the [...]

Please Note: The following account of the Costa Concordia sinking is a fictional account created by collecting facts from numerous news accounts of the event. The author has filled in the gaps with fictional characters, comments and specific events. It is intended to portray the terror and the drama that unfolded, as passengers of the [...]

One of the things that I’ve always wanted for this website was to remain above things like politics or religion. Our goal here at TopSecretWriters has always been to remain unbiased in such matters – exploring the issues with a scientist’s impartial eye, rather than an emotional perspective. However, as I’ve watched the Republican primaries [...]