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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A Tale of Two Lovers: A Renaissance Humanist Before He Became Pope

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  A Tale of Two Lovers by Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini is an unusual tale both for its content and because the author would later become Pope...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Cambridge American Military Cemetery: Remembering the Airmen Who Never Came Home

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Last month I visited the Cambridge American Cemetery in the quiet English village of Coton, just west of Cambridge. Maintained by the Americ...
Friday, July 24, 2026

The Battle of Salamis: The Victory That Saved Greece

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  Barry Strauss ’s The Battle of Salamis is a well-written, readable account of one of the decisive battles of the ancient world. Drawing o...
Friday, July 17, 2026

We: The Forgotten Beginning of the Dystopian Novel

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  I finally read Yevgeny Zamyatin 's We at the urging of a friend, and I am glad I did.  As I was reading, I knew I had found the sourc...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

David Hockney at the Serpentine: Peace in a Place Built for War

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  On a recent visit to London I discovered that the setting of an exhibition can become part of the experience. That was certainly true of D...
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Friday, July 10, 2026

War and Power: Logistics, Industry, and the Reality Behind Victory

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Phillips Payson O'Brien 's War and Power is one of the most thought-provoking books on military history I have read in recent years...
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Friday, July 3, 2026

Destined for War: Ancient Greece and the Shadow Over the Twenty-First Century

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  A friend with deep connections in China recommended Graham Allison 's Destined for War after President Xi Jinping warned President T...