
Sean Munger


"All Quiet on the Western Front" and the meaning of World War I.
This classic story still resonates today because of the profound questions the war left unanswered.

Tragedy and farce: "Mister Roberts" and the not-so-Greatest generation.

Why fascism is on the rise again, and why it's so hard to stop it.
The road to dictatorship is paved with reply guys and tone police insisting, "It can't happen here."

Historic Photo: "Radio Row," New York City (later the World Trade Center site), 1936.
This area, whose shops used to sell old vacuum tubes, became one of the most tragic places in U.S. history.

The Caves of Nerja: humankind's rediscovered Stone Age home.

Frozen giant: Putin's options, one year into the Ukraine war.
The key to gaming out what Putin will do is to see him in the context of Russian rulers of the past.