History


'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott (An Ode to Audiobooks!)
I recently drove from Texas to Minnesota, and decided it was high time I dive into some classic literature that's long haunted my TBR pile: specifically, anything by Sir Walter Scott.
Jul 12 min read


Latin's Hidden Superpower
It's no coincidence that when America decided Latin was too "old fashioned," the humanities stopped producing great minds.
Apr 83 min read


Conquer a Classic This Christmas
Did you know it's a Christmas tradition in Iceland to exchange books for Christmas? To be specific, these books are exchanged on,...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


The Iliad Is My Odyssey
This book has been in the making for 10+ years, if not 3,000. In a way, you could say The Iliad is my odyssey!
Nov 9, 20244 min read


Pin This Poem to Your Wall. Seriously.
I have little patience for poets. More often than not, my attitude towards this admirable artistic medium runs more along the lines of,...
Nov 8, 20243 min read


Are Textbooks Just 'CliffsNotes' for History?
I'm currently reading Britton LaTulippe's Revealing School: Discover What School Is Really Doing to Your Kids , and one of his claims is...
Nov 3, 20245 min read


Beauty and the Assembly Line: How Modernism Destroyed Classical Architecture
Why is classical architecture almost universally beautiful, while anything "modern" is some shapeless monstrosity of concrete, steel, and...
Aug 30, 20244 min read


Why History Is Quickly Becoming the Most Important Subject
When I was a middle school history teacher, I sometimes felt like my class wasn’t as “important” as the others. The insecure corner of...
Mar 25, 20235 min read


We Have a Major Problem.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have a major problem. Our education system is an incoherent hodgepodge of asinine theories,...
Jan 16, 20239 min read