Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
Why did Gerald Ford pardon Richard Nixon after Watergate? Was it an act of cronyism, or moral and political wisdom?
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Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.
Interiors: First-class lounge of a Convair 880 aircraft, 1958.
Judgment Day: The apocalypse that never was, and what it means today.
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
Historic Painting: “Phidias Showing the Frieze…” by Alma-Tadema, 1868.
Architecture of tragedy: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders.
The Verge
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
Why did Gerald Ford pardon Richard Nixon after Watergate? Was it an act of cronyism, or moral and political wisdom?
Interiors: First-class lounge of a Convair 880 aircraft, 1958.
Judgment Day: The apocalypse that never was, and what it means today.
Historic Painting: “Phidias Showing the Frieze…” by Alma-Tadema, 1868.
Architecture of tragedy: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders.
Interiors: St. John’s Chapel, in the White Tower, London, UK.
You sure about that? “F for Fake,” Orson Welles and questioning authenticity.
The Outer Garden
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
My thanks and farewell to a great history professor who inspired me, many years ago.
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
My secret profession: Am I actually a CIA agent?
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.
My latest deep-dive history video looks at the history of Brazil from 1914 to 1945. It's complicated.
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
