Posts filed under: History

Late last year, I received for the first and last time since, emails from readers of my blog. One hired me as a freelance writer on a project I greatly...
The other day I was watching the most recent TierZoo video, “The Rodent Tier List,” and I was struck by a musical lick that starts about 25 seconds in and...
In 2015, the New England Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC Championship. During the game, a Colts player intercepted a pass. While it remains unclear who was...
I don’t know exactly what spurred this line of conversation, but I had a friend say to me the other day, “Do you not know what ‘going ham’ means?” I...
The Earth is on fire. Not, completely, of course. However, if you walked into your kitchen one day and noticed the entire thing was up in flames, you might tell...
The Livonian Crusades is one of those topics in history that I’m sure was never covered in school. I’m guessing that’s something that’s true for most people. To be honest,...
Do tariffs work? If you’ve followed the current news, you’ll know that the answer is a resounding “no.” However, like many things in economics, the truth is not that simple....
Do we really need another article on the Intellectual Dark Web? No, I don’t think so. Nothing I write here will make you change your mind. If you like them,...
What facts I can find vary. There aren’t that many secondary sources on the subject to begin with, which means that I’m going to have to do some real digging...
How We Got Here: Macedonia Welcome to the next piece in the “How We Got Here” Series. Last time we took a look at how things in Israel and Palestine...