Four minutes of enlightening darkness: The great solar eclipse of May 1715.

Correctly predicted by Edmond Halley, the eclipse was visible proof of the power of scientific thought.

More concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Historic Photo: Panorama of San Francisco, 1878.

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

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

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.

Four minutes of enlightening darkness: The great solar eclipse of May 1715.

Correctly predicted by Edmond Halley, the eclipse was visible proof of the power of scientific thought.

Historic Photo: Panorama of San Francisco, 1878.

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

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.

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

More concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

Here is another image relating to my upcoming science fiction book, out this summer.

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

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.

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.