Moses’s great boondoggle: The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair [Part I].

In 1964, Robert Moses got his last hurrah as the big builder of the Big Apple. What hath Bob wrought?

A bird out of hand: My reminiscences on the rise and fall of Twitter.

The death of Hu Yaobang: The first chapter of a story that changed the world.

The forgotten victim of the Lincoln assassination plot: The attack on William Seward.

Toward a theory on the death of the Democratic Party.

Forgotten flight: The lonely voyage of Apollo 6, and the terrible day it happened.

Behind the Scenes: Millard Fillmore, The Conspiracy Theorist President.

A bird out of hand: My reminiscences on the rise and fall of Twitter.

Twitter should be destroyed. It should not exist anywhere, at any time, in any incarnation. It is evil.

The death of Hu Yaobang: The first chapter of a story that changed the world.

The forgotten victim of the Lincoln assassination plot: The attack on William Seward.

Forgotten flight: The lonely voyage of Apollo 6, and the terrible day it happened.

Interiors: Olden Church, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

Toward a theory on the death of the Republican Party.

Historic Painting: “The Choice of the Bride” by Konstantin Makovsky, 1886.

Moses’s great boondoggle: The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair [Part I].

In 1964, Robert Moses got his last hurrah as the big builder of the Big Apple. What hath Bob wrought?

Toward a theory on the death of the Democratic Party.

The first concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

My history with a tragedy: How TWA Flight 800 taught me about critical thinking.

Photo: A beautiful dawn on an ordinary winter day.

Interiors: Den at “Slabsides,” John Burroughs’s rustic cabin, West Park, New York.

Fire off Long Island: The S.S. Lexington disaster.

Behind the Scenes: Millard Fillmore, The Conspiracy Theorist President.

My latest video profiles the strange life and odd beliefs of the 13th U.S. President.

Behind the Scenes: TWA, The Rise & Fall.

It’s Not Love, Actually: Watch me do an about-face on the world’s worst Christmas movie.

Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.

Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.

Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.

Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.