The Last Time Humanity Believed in Unstoppable Progress: Paris in the Belle Époque (1871-1914)
Many of the specific features we associate with Paris today – impressive sites like the Eiffel Tower and Sacré Coeur, French cinemas, and even the distinguished Art Nouveau Metro entrances – were born...
4 Kesä 202446min
The Silk Road Travel Adventures of a 16th Century Mughal Princess and Her Massive Royal Retinue
To most Westerners, the Mughal Empire is a forgotten stepchild of world history. Even though it produced the Taj Mahal and controlled nearly all modern-day India, the Mughal Dynasty’s accomplishments ...
30 Touko 202441min
The Months Leading up to the Civil War That Inflamed North-South Tensions from Animosity to Murderous Hatred
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern radicals were moving ever closer to dividing the Union, with one ...
28 Touko 202436min
LSD’s Origins in Nazi Germany Brain-Washing Experiments, the CIA’s MKUltra Program, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
LSD has been banned in the United States for decades and became a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance in 1970, but it has experienced a resurgence among Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to overcome mental roa...
23 Touko 202443min
How Duke Ellington and Other Jazzmen Became America’s First Globally Famous Musicians
The first globally famous American musicians weren’t part of the 50s rock wave that included Elvis Pressly or Chuck Berry. They were three 3 jazzmen who orchestrated the chords that throb at the soul ...
21 Touko 202442min
Why America Could Have a Presidential Succession Crisis
America has an unmatched record when it comes to the peaceful transfer of power. According to legal scholar Roy E. Brownell II, however, our country is not that far off from a presidential succession ...
17 Touko 202420min
Dunkirk from the German Perspective
The British evacuation from the beaches of the small French port town of Dunkirk is one of the iconic moments of military history. The battle has captured the popular imagination through LIFE magazine...
16 Touko 202439min
The Global Manhunt For The Confederate Ship That Sunk Union Supply Vessels, From the Caribbean to the South Pacific
Naval warfare is an overlooked factor of the Civil War, but it was a vitally important part of overall strategy for North and South, especially from the perspective of the Union, which used naval bloc...
14 Touko 202439min
