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Nice Australian piece giving snapshots of what they call "Ancient ruined cities that remain a mystery." Not sure I agree that Pom...

Let's turn the way back machine to a few years ago. The Ohio State Buckeyes -- America's Team, Defenders of Western Civilization and...

of alliances shifting all the time, from war to war, from year to year, based on strategic or tactical needs, is the subject of my latest co...

The biggest image I had from my first trip to New York City in 1988 was the view of Lower Manhattan and the Twin Towers of the World Trade C...

This question comes to mind as I read my latest book acquisition,  The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Tra...

are the topics for my latest IVN column .

Ooh bean weevil I believe you had Santorini in sight Ooh bean weevil I believe the season you give is right ... I'm trying to get the ...

I find the Western angst directed at the Egyptian military over their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood both puzzling and borderline offe...

With the world apparently on the verge of a complete collapse not seen since the end of the Western Roman Empire or perhaps since the 12th c...

So a few weeks ago I stop in at the Barnes & Noble at Greenwood Park Mall. It was a rather surprising experience inasmuch as their histo...

is the subject of my latest column for Independent Voter Network . Short story long: few people outside of Microsoft really wanted Windows ...

Douche or just dumb? You be the judge: In an accident of historic measure, an American tourist to Florence's Museo dell'Opera del...

You hate to see bad things happen to good people: Islamist president Mohamed Morsi is out. His opponents, a military-backed interim govern...

When I’m not busy being a lawyer, I like to read. A lot. Mostly histories. For decades my main focus has been on World War II, ancient Rome...

is the subject of my latest column for Independent Voter Network .