History

You Say You Want a Revolution

The MAGA right pines for radical transformation, but history shows that revolutions rarely end as planned.

Feb 6 • Johan Pregmo

The Psychological War on Minneapolis

ICE’s 21st-Century “March to the Sea”

Jan 24 • Alexander von Sternberg

The Lost Lessons of the Bath School Massacre

The forgotten story of America’s first mass killing shows that it’s not only killers who slip through the cracks.

May 2, 2025 • Jacob Bielecki

The “Roaring 2020s” and Other False Rhymes of History

Those who know only a little history are doomed to see it repeating everywhere they look.

Apr 21, 2025 • Jamie Paul

The Hebrew Hammer: The Hank Greenberg Story

With Nazism raging overseas and hatred brewing at home, American Jews needed someone to be the symbol of their strength. Hank Greenberg became their…

Mar 27, 2025 • Jacob Bielecki

DOGE Isn’t Conservative — It’s Radical Arson

Burning down institutions in the blind hope that something better will rise from the ashes is a revolutionary, time-tested recipe for ruin.

Mar 21, 2025 • Mike Burke

The US Was Right to Nuke Imperial Japan

How fanatical Japanese imperialism and 20 million corpses forced one of history's most heart-wrenching trolley problems.

Dec 6, 2024 • Johan Pregmo

Wikipedia’s Islamist Vandals

And the whitewashing of Hajj Amin al-Husseini

Nov 22, 2024 • Alexander von Sternberg

A Year of Leftist Anti-Semitism

The disturbing history and horseshoed present of left-wing Jew hate

Oct 7, 2024 • Johan Pregmo

No, the Trains Never Ran on Time

Fascism's reputation for evil is well-earned. Its reputation for efficiency isn't.

Aug 19, 2024 • Johan Pregmo

“We live and we die. We control nothing beyond that.”

"Shogun" and the forgotten depth of simplicity.

May 3, 2024 • Johan Pregmo

Everything You Know About History Is Wrong: Part V — Food Edition

Debunking common historical food myths.

Apr 22, 2024 • Jamie Paul

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