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Apr 26, 20224 min read
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,...
Jan 30, 20225 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...
Aug 25, 20214 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...
Feb 27, 20215 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...
Jan 9, 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...
Oct 3, 20207 min read
The Death of a Republic
“There once was an ancient city… The ancient city fell.”
Sep 28, 20206 min read
Trump is Not Mussolini
But the Need for Such a Declaration is Telling
Sep 18, 20206 min read
Poison Tsar
What Do Vladimir Putin and the Roman Emperor Nero Have in Common?
Sep 4, 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...
Jul 31, 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...