Some time ago (in 2006) I wrote a post about John Jacob and his unusual rifle. In it I said that Lorenzo Barber, the “Fighting Parson” of the 1st U.S.S.S., ...

In May 2024, following a barrage of Russian missile attacks on power stations across Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that ...

Richard Middleton. The War of American Independence, 1775-1783. Modern Wars in Perspective series. Harlow, England: Pearson Education, 2012. ISBN ...

Author: Kevin Levin Published: February 13, 2022 Seth Bruggeman, Lost on the ...

Everyone probably knows what a revolver is, but do you know which one is the biggest? The S&W 29, beloved of Dirty Harry? The Colt Walker? Naah, not ...

The relationship between PR and affiliate marketing oddly reminds me of the connection between barbers and surgeons in the 12th century. Just as the ...

Demonstrators take their shirts off to protest topless with the slogan reading "GAS EMBARGO NOW" on their skin, beside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

Hi, Sean is here! Recently I came back to Ukraine, and here is my Kyiv Market update; as I walked through the streets, I couldn’t help but notice the ...

Cross-posted to Civil War History While a little outside the chronological range covered by this blog, I thought I would share exciting news about a new ...

As the all-out war in Ukraine touched the baton with the Covid pandemic in the early 2022, the plight of people escaping the war caught ...