Behind the Scenes: Putin, The Rise to Power.
My newest video details the early life and rise of Russia's complicated and mercurial leader.
Sean Munger
The lamps that went out: My yearly thoughts on the outbreak of World War I.
Edward Grey's famous quote leaves us with a lot to think about 110 years later.
Historic Photo: Summer Jam Festival at Watkins Glen, NY, 1973.
The great youth-oriented music festival attracted a staggering 600,000 people, including one who contacted me.
My own Holy Grail: Wagner’s great opera “Parsifal.”
Wagner's greatest opera leaves the modern listener with a lot to think about.
When history gives us a new precedent.
Biden shattered U.S. historical precedent on Sunday. What does it mean going forward?
The Great Fire of Rome and Nero’s fiddle: an egregious historical distortion.
The emperor did not "fiddle while Rome burned." It's a bit more complicated than that.
This may be a good time to recall 1968, good and bad.
Here are some things that were going on during those 12 tumultuous months.