Historic Painting: “The Choice of the Bride” by Konstantin Makovsky, 1886.
This beautiful picture depicts a bride show in the 17th century, whereby a Tsar chose his consort.
The Verge
Behind the Scenes: Canberra, Liner Too Late.
A new, much shorter video on my channel profiles the famous P&O liner that sailed to Australia for over 30 years.
Strange synchronicity: Finishing an antiwar novel in a time of war.
I wish my upcoming book was just a fun story. Recent events have made it sadly topical.
War is a toy for stupid and feeble-minded leaders.
So we've gone and attacked Iran again. Is anyone else as sick of this nonsense as I am?
Judgment from on high? The strange stories of Richard Nixon’s aerial assailants.
One guy buzzed the White House in a stolen helicopter. Days later another tried to crash a plane into it. Who were these odd people?
Past imperfect: In defense of “Back to the Future, Part II.”
The second installment of the "Back to the Future" trilogy is, in many ways, the most thoughtful and interesting of the three.
Historic Photo: Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland, about 1900.
Modernity is slowly replacing the old ways in this view of turn-of-the-century Ireland.