Sweltering in the Old World: The European heat wave of 2003.

A horrifying heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed as many people as the Hiroshima bomb.

Behind the Scenes: San Francisco That Survived.

Midsummer Eve: A brief hiatus for this blog.

The legacy of Watergate in 2026: Does it still mean anything?

Interiors: Crew quarters aboard the Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien.

My book “Faraway Star” is out!

Research rabbit holes and drunk archaeologists: The making of my KV35 Egyptian tomb video.

Sweltering in the Old World: The European heat wave of 2003.

A horrifying heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed as many people as the Hiroshima bomb.

The legacy of Watergate in 2026: Does it still mean anything?

Interiors: Crew quarters aboard the Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien.

Research rabbit holes and drunk archaeologists: The making of my KV35 Egyptian tomb video.

Chapter 1 of “Faraway Star,” my new science fiction novel.

Interiors: Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco.

Hitler’s American deejay: The strange story of Mildred “Axis Sally” Gillars.

Midsummer Eve: A brief hiatus for this blog.

In the immortal words of Huey Lewis, all I need is a couple days off.

My book “Faraway Star” is out!

My year of AI resistance. There’s hope!

Cover Reveal: “Faraway Star,” my upcoming science fiction novel.

Interiors: Entry hall of Haas-Lilienthal House, San Francisco.

More concept art for “Faraway Star” is out!

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

Behind the Scenes: San Francisco That Survived.

My latest video looks at some interesting pieces of San Francisco's history.

Behind the Scenes: Akhenaten, Egypt’s Strangest King.

Behind the Scenes: Millard Fillmore, The Conspiracy Theorist 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.