As a philosopher, Diogenes was a barrel of fun
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a philosopher, Diogenes was a barrel of fun
Just saw this. A book on the origin and dispersal of Proto-Indo-European. By a journalist, so it will be intelligible to laymen while probably enraging academic linguists & Bronze Age scholars lol
July 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just saw this. A book on the origin and dispersal of Proto-Indo-European. By a journalist, so it will be intelligible to laymen while probably enraging academic linguists & Bronze Age scholars lol
100%
Without it you look like a 1960’s or 1950’s bodybuilder and not like what you see today on stage or in movies
Without it you look like a 1960’s or 1950’s bodybuilder and not like what you see today on stage or in movies
July 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
100%
Without it you look like a 1960’s or 1950’s bodybuilder and not like what you see today on stage or in movies
Without it you look like a 1960’s or 1950’s bodybuilder and not like what you see today on stage or in movies
Going to be reading this soon, along with Caesar’s Civil War. It’s Ancient History Summer
June 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Going to be reading this soon, along with Caesar’s Civil War. It’s Ancient History Summer
In Memoriam
“Do not worry if all of you in the first wave are killed. We will simply step over your bodies with more and more men”
- Omaha Beach briefer, 1944
Thank you to all who served and fell
“Do not worry if all of you in the first wave are killed. We will simply step over your bodies with more and more men”
- Omaha Beach briefer, 1944
Thank you to all who served and fell
May 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In Memoriam
“Do not worry if all of you in the first wave are killed. We will simply step over your bodies with more and more men”
- Omaha Beach briefer, 1944
Thank you to all who served and fell
“Do not worry if all of you in the first wave are killed. We will simply step over your bodies with more and more men”
- Omaha Beach briefer, 1944
Thank you to all who served and fell
This has turned out to be quite good; a perspective on Cicero through his trials as a lawyer as the Republic crumbled in the 40’s-60’s BC
It helps if this is not your first book on Cicero, Caesar, Cato etc though. Some points are granular
It helps if this is not your first book on Cicero, Caesar, Cato etc though. Some points are granular
May 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This has turned out to be quite good; a perspective on Cicero through his trials as a lawyer as the Republic crumbled in the 40’s-60’s BC
It helps if this is not your first book on Cicero, Caesar, Cato etc though. Some points are granular
It helps if this is not your first book on Cicero, Caesar, Cato etc though. Some points are granular
Marine Corps University Press just sent me this copy. Looks interesting and a useful military history
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Marine Corps University Press just sent me this copy. Looks interesting and a useful military history
Next up in the queue
April 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Next up in the queue
Civilization
(Yes I am off today)
(Yes I am off today)
April 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Civilization
(Yes I am off today)
(Yes I am off today)
Also I would recommend Uncommon Wrath for a detailed look at Cato’s politics and career
April 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Also I would recommend Uncommon Wrath for a detailed look at Cato’s politics and career
Reading now…
Cato was much admired for his Stoic republican virtues which were legendary. They also were the kind of fanatical intransigence that provoked the civil war that destroyed the Republic
Cato was much admired for his Stoic republican virtues which were legendary. They also were the kind of fanatical intransigence that provoked the civil war that destroyed the Republic
April 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reading now…
Cato was much admired for his Stoic republican virtues which were legendary. They also were the kind of fanatical intransigence that provoked the civil war that destroyed the Republic
Cato was much admired for his Stoic republican virtues which were legendary. They also were the kind of fanatical intransigence that provoked the civil war that destroyed the Republic
Finally pulled this out of my book pile
March 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally pulled this out of my book pile
It can’t be helped and it doesn’t matter if the next US president is a Democrat or not
If NATO is to continue with US as a guarantor then Europe needs to move to create a viable and realistic conventional deterrence
Games like this are non-starters
Norway needs the US Navy we don’t need Norway
If NATO is to continue with US as a guarantor then Europe needs to move to create a viable and realistic conventional deterrence
Games like this are non-starters
Norway needs the US Navy we don’t need Norway
March 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It can’t be helped and it doesn’t matter if the next US president is a Democrat or not
If NATO is to continue with US as a guarantor then Europe needs to move to create a viable and realistic conventional deterrence
Games like this are non-starters
Norway needs the US Navy we don’t need Norway
If NATO is to continue with US as a guarantor then Europe needs to move to create a viable and realistic conventional deterrence
Games like this are non-starters
Norway needs the US Navy we don’t need Norway
Just received this from MCU press
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just received this from MCU press
In December, I will be on The Break it Down Show podcast helping host Pete Turner interview State Department Historian James Graham Wilson about his new biography of Paul Nitze
I’ll post appropriate links when the time comes for those interested in Cold War diplomacy and nuclear arms control
I’ll post appropriate links when the time comes for those interested in Cold War diplomacy and nuclear arms control
November 28, 2024 at 5:27 PM
In December, I will be on The Break it Down Show podcast helping host Pete Turner interview State Department Historian James Graham Wilson about his new biography of Paul Nitze
I’ll post appropriate links when the time comes for those interested in Cold War diplomacy and nuclear arms control
I’ll post appropriate links when the time comes for those interested in Cold War diplomacy and nuclear arms control
Reading Turchin’s latest book. It’s pretty good and makes an analytical argument that neither Republican nor Democratic elite’s particularly wish to hear
August 19, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Reading Turchin’s latest book. It’s pretty good and makes an analytical argument that neither Republican nor Democratic elite’s particularly wish to hear
A furry dog here is most unhappy that she’s temporarily not being allowed upstairs and is being outside when she wants in
August 11, 2023 at 8:55 PM
A furry dog here is most unhappy that she’s temporarily not being allowed upstairs and is being outside when she wants in
Woman of the Caviglione Cave. Paleolithic era. A funerary piece decorated with sea shells and deer teeth discovered in Italy in 1872
August 9, 2023 at 3:45 AM
Woman of the Caviglione Cave. Paleolithic era. A funerary piece decorated with sea shells and deer teeth discovered in Italy in 1872