Six Reasons to Read Military History
Military history can be riveting, filled with stories of vast armies and dramatic battles. It can also be depressing, reading page after page of carnage, innocent lives destroyed, and the inevitable suffering of war. Either way, however, I’ve come to believe that it’s important and valuable to read.
Five Projected Trends of the Twenty-First Century
I’ve heard it said that ‘the first twenty years reveal the key trends of a century.’ So, if these first twenty years are any indication, I offer up five projected trends of the 21st century.
Is Violence Entertaining?
Is violence entertaining? Of course. Should it be? I’m not sure. Here are three conclusions that I have come to while considering violence.
War!
It is easy to live your life in the physical, but there is an immense spiritual war going on around us.
The First Jewish-Roman War
Rome and Jerusalem are not particularly deep friends. Three times they revealed their hostility to the world – in the First Jewish-Roman War, the Kitos War, and the Bar-Kochba Revolt. Both nations emerged triumphant. Rome triumphed in power, defeating the…
Lessons from Passchendaele
One hundred years ago today, at 3:50 AM, thousands of British soldiers began to advance across hundreds of feet of no-mans-land. This was July 31, 1917, the first day of the great battle of Passchendaele (pronounced as PASSION-dale). The attack…
Waterboarding: What Should We Think?
With a Republican president in office, the issue of waterboarding comes up…again. At this time, while Trump has indicated that he supports the use of waterboarding, he has also deferred to those who would be more directly over the program….
Book Review: The Guns of August
The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman, copyright 1962. ISBN 978-0-38623-6, 640 pages, five stars. How could a seemingly civilized and settled world suddenly erupt into a bloody, four-year-long riot of mechanized massacre called the First World War? This…
