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History

History can teach us so much about the world we live in. These essays seek to enlighten the reader on some of the lesser-known events that have shaped the modern world. My aim is to prove that there's more interesting history than World War II.

The Paradox of Progress: Mencken on Democracy

José Ortega y Gasset's "The Revolt of the Masses" a Century Later

The Logic of Kamikaze

Ferdinand Magellan's Last Days and Totally Embarrassing Death

Anti-Semitism and the Black Death

Did Germany Really Get Screwed by the Treaty of Versailles?

Was George Orwell Really a Socialist? (yes, he was!)

Why Justinian’s Foreign Policy Left the Empire Strategically Weaker

Thomas Paine’s Totally Reasonable Deism for an Unreasonable World

The Debate Over Slavery in Early America: Thomas Jefferson vs. Edward Coles

When Wittgenstein Became an Elementary School Teacher

About The Time a Murderous, Polygamous, Doomsday Sex Cult Took Over Münster

On the Trials and Punishment of Oscar Wilde

Thucydides, the Melian Dialogue, and Keeping the (Russian) Jungle at Bay

An Introduction to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius

Karl Marx's Analysis of the American Civil War

A Brief History of Marshal Petain and Vichy France

Why Grant Was Better Than Lee

Three "Degenerate" Artists Murdered by the Nazis

Was Hitler a Good Artist?

Camus and Rebellion

The Rise and Fall of Constantine III (407-411 CE)

Elie Wiesel's Night and the Question of Evil

Marshal Philippe Pétain's Message to the French Youth

Pascal's Terror: Should We Fear the Eternal Silence of the Infinite Spaces?

Why did the Eastern Roman Empire Survive?

Hannah Arendt On Totalitarianism (not what you think)

Limitations of Kantian Ethics

Beware the Noonday Demon: The Dark Side of Early Christianity

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