Malicious Persons and False Lies
I am presently working on transcribing a letter which King Henry VIII had written and circulated to various towns in late 1538 or early...
History and Revolution
I'm a historian by profession. It sounds straightforward, but I find many people do not really know what a historian actually does. I...
1066 And All That
Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The Norman conquest of England is a significant historical moment as it...
At the Crossroads
Virginia has traffic safety stops. Police will set up a checkpoint on a random road spot and stop all traffic. Then every person must...
Homo Ludens
The title of this piece is taken from Johan Huizinga's 1938 book Homo Ludens. The book is still very much worth reading. I'll let the...
The Cat in Cage 4
The stray kitten was hungry and frightened, but somehow he understood my wife was going to help him. She picked him up from the middle of...
Manning the walls
I gave up last night. It was during a local 5K race. I hammered out a good fast first mile. Then I got passive in the second mile, I just...
College Life
I recently wrote about about how through multiple trials and failures I eventually got my Ph.D. What this degree got me was the best job...
Words
The advantage of writing this blog once a week is that I only occasionally succumb to writing an angry rant. Quite often I’ll write up a...
Terrible Student Gets Ph.D.
I was a terrible student. My early grade reports frequently stated that if I ever applied myself I could actually do quite well. When we...
