The Führerbunker – Hitler’s Grave
World War Two Published 18 Apr 2024 The man who once conquered Europe, Adolf Hitler, now cowers underground in the Führerbunker as bombs and artillery rain down on the ruins of the Reich. Today Sparty...
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Humza Yousuf, the “Thug King of Scotland”
I don’t know what Scotland did to deserve Humza Yousuf as their first minister, but it must have been really bad: Not what you were hoping for. Assuming he doesn’t get removed by a leadership coup...
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QotD: Cyber-addiction
Researchers at the University of London Institute of Psychiatry say the distractions of email and such extract a toll on intellectual performance as similar to that of marijuana. The study of 1,100...
View ArticleCape Esperance and the Japanese Evacuation of Guadalcanal
Forgotten Weapons Published Jan 12, 2024 Today we return to Guadalcanal, to the site of the last actions of the campaign. For the Japanese, the defeat at Edson’s Ridge (aka Bloody Ridge) forced a...
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“Identity quakes”
Andrew Doyle explains why some people cling to aspects of their worldview so tightly because to admit that they were mistaken would actually threaten their individual identity: Both Gosse’s memoir and...
View ArticleRussian and French Nazis Defend the Reich –ϟϟ Foreign Fighters Part 3
World War Two Published 19 Apr 2024 As the war turns ever more against Germany, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler keeps loosening the racial standards of his Waffen SS. More and more non-Germans fill...
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How much of your language do you have to destroy to avoid the taint of...
For understandable reasons, German governments since the end of World War 2 have been twitchy about any symbols, songs, words and phrases that were used by Hitler’s various fascist organizations … to...
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QotD: The “omni-spear” of the Mediterranean World
So I first want to suggest a set of basic characteristics for what I am going to term the “omni-spear“, the standard kind of iron-tipped one-handed thrusting spear that almost everyone fought with in...
View ArticleHow The Channel Tunnel Works
Practical Engineering Published Jan 16, 2024 Let’s dive into the engineering and construction of the Channel Tunnel on its 30th anniversary. It is a challenging endeavor to put any tunnel below the...
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Publius Rutilius Rufus, an honest man in a dishonest era
Lawrence W. Reed discusses the life and career of Publius Rutilius Rufus, Roman consul and historian, who suffered the revenge of corrupt tax farmers (publicani) after attempting to protect taxpayers...
View Article300,000 Germans Surrender in the Ruhr – WW2 – Week 295 – April 20, 1945
World War Two Published 20 Apr 2024 The Soviet drive on Berlin continues, but it is now very much a race between the forces of Georgy Zhukov and those of Ivan Konev. In the west, over 300,000 Germans...
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Canada’s latest unlikely-to-meet-expectations defence update
In The Line, Michael Den Tandt considers the Trudeau government’s most recent update to Canada’s defence plans (where the cynic might be tempted to read “plans” as “vague gestures toward treaty...
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QotD: Before England could rely on the “wooden walls” of the Royal Navy
… given this general lack of geographical knowledge, try to imagine embarking on a voyage of discovery. To an extent, you might rely on the skill and experience of your mariners. For England in the...
View ArticleDid Japan Attack Pearl Harbor Because Of China?
Real Time History Published Dec 1, 2023 December 7, 1941: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shocked the world and brought the US into the Second World War. But why did the Japanese resort to such an...
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Canada’s Governor General is supposed to be above politics, not immersed in it
Colby Cosh says — quite correctly — that the issue with the Governor General indulging in partisan politics isn’t that people noticed and objected: Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada on a visit to...
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The internal stresses of the modern techno-optimist family
Ted Gioia on the joys of techno-optimism (as long as you don’t have to eat Meal 3.0, anyway): We were now the ideal Techno-Optimist couple. So imagine my shock when I heard crashing and thrashing...
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Roman Honor: The Fire in the Bones
From last week’s blog post, Bret Devereaux reviews a book by a former instructor from his undergraduate days, documenting Roman values and attitudes and how understanding their views of themselves...
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QotD: Who cares about you?
During my student days at a UCLA economics department faculty/graduate student coffee hour in the 1960s, I was chatting with Professor Armen Alchian, probably the greatest microeconomic theory...
View ArticleThe 1950 Marketing Contest to Name the S&W Chiefs Special
Forgotten Weapons Published Jan 19, 2024 Today we’re taking a look at a Smith & Wesson Chiefs Special, but not just any Chiefs Special. This is serial number 29, factory engraved and gifted to...
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Justin Trudeau’s legacy may not be something he ever wanted (or imagined)
Tristin Hopper outlines some of the attitudinal changes among Canadian voters during Trudeau’s term in office, with opinions shifting away from things we used to consider settled once and for all....
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