Since 1978, Gavin de Becker and Associates has been providing worldwide protective security and logistical consultations for celebrities, media figures, politicians, athletes, and other high-profile individuals and organizations at risk for violence.  A senior fellow at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, de Becker himself has been twice appointed to the President’s Advisory Board at […]

On March 26, 2015, more than five hundred years after his death, Richard III again was laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral.  This time, the Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and days before thousands of people had lined the streets with white roses, the symbol of the House of York.  Most are familiar with the popular […]

I originally wrote this article to support the History of Marvel Comics show that the NerdVana Podcast recorded on Saturday, June 8, 2013.   What a task: outlining the entire history of the Marvel Universe from the very beginnings of Timely Comics, to the horror stories of the Atlas Era, to the rise of heroes during […]