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Unearthing Richard IIIOn February 4th, the University of Leicester announced that the bones unearthed last... |
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Birth of the Victory RiotThe great mystery of my lifetime has been the 1960s. It’s worth returning to this... |
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The Myth of Northern InnocenceBurly-and-bearded country singer Trace Adkins ruffled all the usual feathers and... |
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Is Fascism Innately Anti-Semitic?Fascism is presumed to be intrinsically and violently anti-Semitic, and the fascists... |
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The Greatest Generation Has Left the BuildingThe recent anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s destruction by atomic bombs... |
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Declamations of IndependenceEvery Fourth of July, a heretical question nags: Would it have been so bad if America... |
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Counting the Dead EquallyMuch to the consternation of Western intellectuals and journalists, Hungary’s... |
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The Eternal German Guilt TripPolitical correctness has permeated the historian’s craft to such a degree that... |
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A Fiscal Quarrel Called The Civil WarConfederates are a misunderstood bunch. April marked 150 years since the first shots... |
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My Dinner With Vilfredo ParetoMy list of historical personages I’d invite to a dinner party doesn’t include any of... |
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Churchill: More Myth Than LegendLast week a country-club Republican friend in Palm Beach gave me a copy of The Weekly... |
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Henry Kissinger’s FakepolitikHenry Kissinger should emulate Old Marley’s ghost, which “floated out upon the... |
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Posthumously Pardoning the Lizard King’s PenisSixties rock deity Jim “The Lizard King” Morrison’s bloated corpse was found in a... |
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When Man Invented SciencePope Benedict’s trip to Ole Blighty is over, and that sanctimonious gasbag Dawkins... |