The 1897 image on pages 110 through11 of Jeremy Black’s A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps is a striking bird’s-eye view of Chicago, looking across downtown to the […]

I’m not usually one to declare myself a fan of one camp over another, but when it came to my (perceived) competition between Call of Duty and Battlefield, I was […]

War is a difficult subject. History is often written by the victors, sometimes without regard for the truth. And one of the few truths of war is that it’s ugly, […]