A place to find the latest about my books, as well as thoughts and analysis of current events through a historical lens.
Tom Nichols’ The Death of Expertise is a missed opportunity.
In 2017 Tom Nichols, a professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Extension School, published The Death of Expertise with Oxford University Press. This book is a call to action, a warning that “everyone is drowning in data,” which is a problem because, as Nichols…
My country is bleeding and leaderless
I don’t want to be sitting here writing this essay. The nation has gone through so much lately, with the global pandemic and cratering of the economy, that I’d like to focus on something that makes me happier and gives me hope. My scholarship, the Brother Cadfael novel I’m reading, the comedy show Letterkenny… in…
Why I won’t use the term “covidiot.”
You’ve probably come across the term covidiot. It seems like it’s everywhere, most likely regarding a story about a Kentucky woman who cut a hole in her face mask to make it easier to breathe while shopping. I point to this as the most likely source where you’ve encountered the term, because this story and…
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