"Let me die in this old uniform in which I fought my battles. May God forgive me for ever having put on another."
Honor and the Haunting: What Valiant Ambition Reveals About Us
Victory or Death
Shortly after eight o'clock on the morning of December 26, 1776, the Continental Army started its charge on the city. Three columns marched through thick snow with Washington personally leading the middle charge. As the soldiers pushed forward, artillery began to fire.
The Union Forever!
“The crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.” -John Brown
Power Playbook
I finally finished Robert Greene's masterpiece The 48 Laws of Power. It is not only the best business books I have read, it could easily be classified as a psychology book, history book or a political theory book. Like the book itself, Robert Greene is a diverse man.
Art of Power
Jefferson was a complicated, contradictory figure who has been praised by liberals and conservatives alike throughout the American epoch. He is known as the philosopher and architect of the Declaration of Independence – the arbiter of liberty and proponent of egalitarianism.
Games to Take the Throne
Our culture is fascinated with scandal in current times: perhaps a shady alliance with a long time geopolitical rival, rising powers in the east and the fear of immigrants altering long standing cultural norms. These words could also be written of Rome in 146 B.C. Mike Duncan's The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the... Continue Reading →
Brains and Brawn 