Category Archives: Historical Essays

What I saw at Corrie ten Boom’s Hiding Place

Eighty years ago, on February 28, 1944, the Nazis arrested a Dutch family in Haarlem [...]

The Miracle of Forgiveness: The Rwandan Genocide, Thirty Years Later

Thirty years ago, on 7 April 1994, the Rwandan genocide began. Over the course of [...]

The Long Island Hitlers (and other children of history’s great villains)

For decades, the Long Island Hitlers have been living quietly in the New York suburbs. [...]

20 days in Mariupol

On February 20, 2022, the siege of Mariupol began. The Russian Armed Forces, alongside the [...]

Armenia’s memorial to the 20th century’s first genocide–against 1.5 million Christians

The Armenian Genocide Memorial rests atop the Tsitsernakaberd—literally, “swallow’s fortress”—a hill that rises sharply from [...]

The cruelty of John Steinbeck

In October 25, the auction house Bonhams in New York hosted the sale of a [...]

What Morocco Taught Me About the Decline of the West

I am not a globalist, but I am something of a hypocrite. Which is to [...]

The Long March of the Lemmings

In an interview with John Anderson last fall, Douglas Murray delivered a passionate denunciation of [...]

Why Are Historians Suddenly Discovering So Many Transgenders?

When new ideological movements seize power in institutions, it is always necessary to rewrite history. [...]

Anti-Semitism is surging–and young people are forgetting the Holocaust

Walk in almost any major European city, and you are likely to come across golden-colored [...]