Freezing in Montreal: The Great Ice Storm of 1998.
How 8 days of ice reduced some of Canada's largest cities to apocalyptic ghost towns out of a science fiction movie.
Sean Munger
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2024.
Happy New Year! Here are what I think are the best articles from this blog from 2024.
Behind the Scenes: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Explained & Deconstructed.
My latest in-depth YouTube video takes on one of the key moments of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Solstice: The hallowed beginning of winter.
These modern people greeting the solstice are not unlike those who gathered here for the same purpose thousands of years ago.
London’s martyred terrier: the amazing story of the Brown Dog Riots.
In 1907. London medical students rioted over a statue of a dog. How did this happen, and why?
Historic Photo: Cavite on fire after Japanese air raid, December 1941.
This was just one part of the major Japanese offensive across the Pacific after Pearl Harbor.
My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
My latest book, about the rise and fall of a gangster, will be out on December 17.