Interiors: First-class smoking room of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, about 1898.
This beautiful room says a lot about the insecurity of Germany in the years before World War I.
Sean Munger
Behind the Scenes: Star Trek and the Vietnam War (Part II).
My new video traces two simultaneous interrelated stories throughout the tumultous period 1968-69.
Killing books: The sack of the University of Louvain library and its modern echoes.
In 1914, the Germans torched one of the great libraries of Europe. AI companies are doing something similar today.
Behind the Scenes: Star Trek and the Vietnam War (Part I).
My latest video juxtaposes two very different historical stories that were going on at the same time.
I think the AI bubble is about to burst, and here’s why.
The AI industry is like Dracula, sucking blood from our society. You'll never guess who's coming with the stake.
A landmark 632 years in the making: the odyssey of Cologne Cathedral.
Why did it take Germany more than six centuries to finish what was once the world's tallest building?
Historic Painting: “Giant Steamboats at New Orleans” by Hippolyte Sebron, 1853.
A French painter turns his eyes and brush toward the romantic riverboat era that flourished before the Civil War.