A guide to looking beyond the COVID-19 crisis
A small shift in mindset can get us to realize that what we’re going through really will one day simply be a memory…
What did Germans really think of Hitler?
The Nazi approach was a blend of carrots and sticks, resting on three pillars: popularity, tradition and coercion…
Margaret Thatcher and the end of apartheid
The Thatcher-Nelson Mandela relationship is a reflection of how very different people can evolve a respectful, albeit wary, understanding…
A KGB guide to subverting the press to your agenda
The methods of a former KGB operative remain applicable in the modern era, leading to disinformation and outright lies…
Adolf Hitler’s fateful mistake
If Hitler had declared war on Japan in support of the U.S., he might have kept the U.S. out of the European war. And that would have changed history…
Diving into man’s complicated relationship with war
From ancient Sparta to Rome to Prussia, cultures have elevated personal characteristics associated with battlefield success…
Was Oliver Cromwell the Great Satan?
Some historians argue that the reality is more nuanced than the legend and that he played a significant role in the creation of modern England…
Julius Caesar’s assassins paid the price
The assassins fled and the hunt commenced. Some died in battle, some by suicide, and at least one after being tortured then beheaded…
Memories of Walter Reuther, an American labour giant
Reuther had his finger in everything from labour negotiations to legislation to civil rights to election campaigns…
The perpetual fascination with Robin Hood
The bawdy, brutal outlaw of the original ballads doesn’t fit with the noble figure of popular mid-20th-century presentations…