Historic Photo: Two great liners, Olympic and Mauretania, about to die.
Two of the greatest-ever ocean liners are about to be sent to the scrap yards.
Sean Munger
A brief history of Presidential debates.
There's no evidence that they matter, but they certainly are memorable.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
My upcoming novel is the classic story of the rise and fall of a criminal kingpin, with a few modern twists.
The real “King’s Speech”: George VI addresses Britain at the start of World War II.
Hear the actual speech as he made it on September 3, 1939.
Historic Painting: “Pollice Verso” by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872.
"AM I NOT MERCIFUL??!!!?!?!?"
The fall of American conservatism.
The conservative movement, as exemplified by Goldwater and Reagan, is moribund because it mistook campaign messaging for actual policy.
Sunn Classic Pictures: how a movie studio introduced America to fake history.
A bunch of schlocky "documentaries" from a 1970s fly-by-night film studio were not just harmless entertainment.