Napoleon’s tragic retreat, pictured: Minard’s famous infographic.
This one famous chart from 1869 tells the incredible story of one of the great defeats in military history.
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LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
The Verge
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
This amazing picture is one of the earliest photographs ever taken in Germany.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
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.
The Outer Garden
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Why is LinkedIn so horrible? It goes even beyond the conceptual failure of most social media sites.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
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?
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.
