History

One of the biggest pieces of narcissism that plague our corner of the web is that we think we are among the first to unravel the true nature of women…. read more

Anna recently celebrated her birthday, but her party was a muted affair. Not many people feel like celebrating in times like these. Their country has been at war for six… read more

The author of the first and most famous autobiography ever written was born in 354 A.D. in Tagaste, in Numidia, which had long been part Roman Africa.  Augustine himself was… read more

I have long been a student of the Korean War.  It has many compelling dimensions to it—political, military, social, personal, diplomatic—and any one of these facets makes it a fruitful… read more

Some of the most inspiring achievements in history have been accomplished not on battlefields or corridors of courtly power, but by the patient persistence and steady resolve of learned men…. read more

On July 6th 1994, twenty-six year old Troy Kell, inmate and white supremacist gang member at Utah State Prison, killed Lonnie Blackmon, a black inmate, with 67 blows from a… read more

After years of campaigning, a royal pardon has been granted to computer pioneer and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing, overturning his conviction over half-a-century ago for ‘gross indecency’ with a 19… read more

One story that profoundly sticks to my mind and that I recall with reverence as I navigate this world is that of the trial and execution of Charles Stuart I,… read more

My exposure to the postings here at Return of Kings and some of the travel threads at the Roosh V Forum have generated in me some interest in things Russian. … read more

The daring exploits of John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War earned him international fame as America’s first great naval hero.  A Scotsman by birth, he possessed all the… read more