Boldly going nowhere: the checkered career of the space shuttle Enterprise. What can you do with a spaceship that can't fly in space? Not much, it turns out.
Behind the Scenes: Putin, The Rise to Power. My newest video details the early life and rise of Russia's complicated and mercurial leader.
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.