History

A ceremonial magician, poet, artist, novelist, prophet, journalist, mountaineer and spy

The choices we face are often not between good and bad but between bad and worse

So far, eight cheetahs have died out of a total of twenty imported from Africa

From persecuted to persecutors

Reuters published a story on presidents, Supreme Court judges, governors and members of Congress that have ancestors who owned slaves

A look at the late Czech novelist’s legacy and philosophy

His 1963 visit to Germany, Ireland and the UK spawned some of his most memorable and impactful moments

For the next generation, history isn’t being rewritten. It’s being intentionally obscured

Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim reviewed

Most biographies are colored by hero-worship. Carpenter’s is no exception, but the hero isn’t Henry