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The Last Stands of History
By Brendan Wilson In the film 300, the last stand of Leonidas is depicted in a scene of machismo and gratuitous violence. Gerard Butler,...
Apr 26, 20224 min read

Tsar Vlad's Roulette
By Brendan Wilson In December, Russia marked the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union by amassing 130,000 heavily...
Jan 30, 20225 min read

Biden's Saigon
"The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army." -President Joe Biden By Brendan Wilson “There’s going to be no circumstance where you...
Aug 25, 20214 min read


Taiwan Could Heat Up Our Cold War
By Brendan Wilson While the world dozed, Asia’s sleeping giant awoke and began closing the gap on American global supremacy. We now find...
Feb 27, 20215 min read


Has the United States become a Banana Republic?
No, it has not. By Brendan Wilson Since November, Donald Trump has responded to his electoral defeat with unsubstantiated accusations of...
Jan 9, 20215 min read


The Death of a Republic
“There once was an ancient city… The ancient city fell.”
Oct 3, 20207 min read

Trump is Not Mussolini
But the Need for Such a Declaration is Telling
Sep 28, 20206 min read


Poison Tsar
What Do Vladimir Putin and the Roman Emperor Nero Have in Common?
Sep 18, 20206 min read


Plague, Pestilence, and the Pandemics of History
How Disease Has Changed Civilization By Brendan Wilson In the "before time", prior to January 2020, we lived secure, carefree lives. Our...
Sep 4, 20206 min read


Cold War II
Sino American Relations Turn Icy By Brendan Wilson On October 22, 1962, President John F Kennedy informed a stunned American public that...
Jul 31, 20206 min read