Why are we so obsessed with Hitler’s penis?
There is a ‘small penis’ theory of history
History
Tuesday
Tuesday
Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the 1929 crash
His new tome offers both detail and verve
Cheers to corkscrews!
I never leave home without one
Sunday
Happy Birthday, Aleister Crowley
A ceremonial magician, poet, artist, novelist, prophet, journalist, mountaineer and spy
Sunday
The atomic bomb saved Japanese lives, too
The choices we face are often not between good and bad but between bad and worse
Wednesday
Milan Kundera’s ‘transcendental buffoonery’
A look at the late Czech novelist’s legacy and philosophy
Sunday
John F. Kennedy’s trip worth remembering
His 1963 visit to Germany, Ireland and the UK spawned some of his most memorable and impactful moments
Why civics test scores are falling in American schools
For the next generation, history isn’t being rewritten. It’s being intentionally obscured
Tuesday
Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra girlbosses against historical fact
Watching it felt alarmingly like witnessing the death of scholarship
Monday
The difficulties of writing historical fiction
Historians ask ‘What?’ Novelists ask ‘What if?’
Friday
Titanic was the original White Lotus
Looking back at James Cameron’s one-dimensional criticism of the rich
Wednesday
Ancient Apocalypse and the end of history programs
It is not that hard to create a fascinating program on factual history, though clearly nonsense is more popular
Thursday
The last roadside ice cream stands in America
They’re homages, but some get the retro vibe just right
Friday
A visit to the Renaissance Faire
Who needs the metaverse when you can be transported to another time and place?
Monday
The end of history
The discipline is in trouble, weaponized by progressives on behalf of ‘diversity’
Thursday
The culture war over the Middle Ages
The left thinks it was too white while the Catholic New Right sees much to admire
Tuesday
Picking daffodils with my ancestors
Family — long since gone — comes alive every spring
Sunday
Working out isn’t so new after all
From religion to war, exercise over the centuries has been shaped by many influences
Monday
Writing and the conservative impulse
All writers are, in a certain sense, conservative
Monday
The Tudor roots of wokecraft
The Reformation was a top-down affair, an agenda imposed by a cultural and political elite
