Enemies of All Mankind

Europe in the aftermath of the Great War

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Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

Tips from an American philosopher

Coming down the mountain

I will be reading my own verse as well as assorted 20th-century material.

"I decided to save it in this cheap, reliable, secret way."

On April 18, I went to my regularly scheduled doctor’s appointment and got some unexpected news.

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Race, Gender, Education, and the Future of Democracy

But She's Really Supporting White Christian Nationalism

The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and the nature of political hatred.

The myth of Jewish slave trade "control" has been debunked for decades. Owens is bringing it back anyway.

Accusing Israel of trying to annihilate the Palestinian people is a luxury belief. Liberals should call out Hamas and Russia instead of carping about Zelensky

Some of the best books I read this year, including some forthcoming titles

I've been clearing out my old office and beginning again. Welcome to my Substack, a weekly update on my adventures as a historian-at-large.

Have yourself a merry little boar's head

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Sveiki Šito laiško pasgrindinė priežastis yra Mano noras Jums labai labai padėkoti u- palaikymą sunkią akimirką.

“The dance floor is stained with blood.”

A tale of polio, espionage, and betrayal

How the 39th president ruined his legacy

Nearly two years ago, in the wake of the Congressional hearings on antisemitism on American campuses and the subsequent resignation of the presidents of Harvard and Penn, I wrote this piece for Clarity. The thesis was simple: throughout modern history and for centuries before, Jews have served as the prism through which Western societies conducted their Kulturkampfs. It was true about the Dreyfus trial—purportedly about Jews and antisemitism but in reality about the soul of France—as it was in the European parliaments I visited, where the most virulent debates were not about immigration or the threat of Islamist terror, but about Israel and the Jews. These controversies are never really about us, I argued, but about the fundamental identity of the West.

Israel-Palestine Conflict as System

Christmas After Christianity

Bowling alone

"The calls are coming from the house!"

The in-group is being signalled to

On This Day in History: December 24, 16th century?

Question: Why did Putin decided to launch a full scale invasion?

Recently, I have been reading Chesterton’s poem Secret People with my girlfriend.

Gradually, and then Suddenly

History of Naval Warfare, Part 15

The way to get rid of Trump—and his entire corrupt, inept Administration—is to cut the line of presidential succession. Here's the entire ten-step process.

A valediction by George Washington

A thing that happened

A non-definitive list

Author’s note: the following is an excerpt from my book ‘Ghislaine Maxwell: An Unauthorized Biography’.

Nothing about the Jeffrey Epstein case or even several of the victims is what it seems. However, peeling off the layers is the only way to look at the largest coverup of the century.

On this day in 1945, Dorothy Parker had writer's block

I. M. Grinch vs S. T. Nicholas

"I used to write long-winded descriptions...in a kind of cipher shorthand which I am now unable to read even with a magnifying glass…"

"A rare oasis of thoughtful reflection, literary kinship, and creative inspiration."

One day in early August in the fourth century AD, something strange happened in Rome. Those who were outside braving the heat, walking on the Esquiline Hill would have glanced at the sky to notice a curious cloud formation - very different certainly from the compact cloud cover typical of snowfall - and would have been astonished to see snowflakes drifting down to earth – in the heat of summer! Some may have fled to escape this manifestation of divine wrath while others may have tentatively stretched out a hand to catch them and see them evaporate like real snowflakes. Someone noted and recorded the event.

How mantras, drums, and sacred architecture altered brain waves in rituals 5,000 years before modern neuroscience.

The Cryptocracy is laughing at us

A Double Standard Put on Trial

A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.

Westminster, before Westminster.