Category Archives: Historical Essays
The Grandson of the Commandant of Auschwitz is a Pastor in Stuttgart
In seventh grade, Kai Höss discovered that his grandfather had overseen the murders of 1.1 [...]
Nixon and Watergate: The Lawfare that Brought Down a President
Fifty years after Watergate, President Richard M. Nixon’s name is finally being cleared. He has [...]
”Anti-Zionism means, ‘Take off your uniform and wear your striped pyjamas’”: An Interview with Pierre Rehov
On October 17, Israel Defense Forces released an extraordinary drone video. The drone flies through [...]
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The Monumental Ignorance of Candace Owens
For nearly a year, online influencer Candace Owens has been pushing an alternative ‘just-asking-questions’ version [...]
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The Zone of Interest: God, Abortion, and Auschwitz
As a teen, I picked up a paperback copy of Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography [...]
The roots of the riots: What’s happening in England?
At 11:45 AM on the 29th of July, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana got out of a [...]
Russia’s Repentance for the Romanov Regicide
On a private tour of the Solzhenitsyn House in Moscow in 2018, I viewed an extraordinary exhibition [...]
Facing Death with Heroism: Trump Joins Jackson, Roosevelt, and Reagan
At 6:11 p.m. on July 13th, just as former President Donald J. Trump turned from [...]
A visit to the Brontë Parsonage
Each year, 80,000 literary pilgrims make the trek into Brontë country in West Yorkshire. If [...]
“Rave in the Nave”: On the Desecration of English Churches
“The great cathedrals, so full of beauty and interest, are now like whales washed up [...]