1977

  • Below is a historically grounded overview of major Islamist terrorist attacks in the late 20th and 21st centuries. The list is not exhaustive—there have been hundreds of attacks globally—but it includes many of the most consequential, influential, and widely documented incidents associated with Islamist extremist organizations or ideologies. It is important to distinguish between Islam…

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  • The career of Michael Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf, has been a turbulent one, to used an understatement. It went from filling huge stadiums with adore fans, to barely getting people to see him perform in small community halls in Ireland, and back to stadiums. His most iconic song though has to be “Paradise by…

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  • It’s no secret that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are good pals, but perhaps the best demonstration of their friendship is the fact that not even a $40 million bet has been able to come between them. Star Wars has made creator George Lucas a lot of money over the year. But in 1977, he made…

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