What’s the connection between the two? A lecture for the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri — March 14, 2024.

Reducing complex human actions and interactions to numerical expression gives off airs of precision and deep sophistication. In fact, however, such efforts are usually nothing more than oversimplification magnified by hutzpah.

During the 18th Century, Scots and Creeks were the principal players in a thriving transatlantic trade in which deerskins and furs from Georgia were exchanged for various European goods.

Did you know that at least two of the more famous samurai were not ethnically Japanese at all?

In 1867, Japan was a closed country with both feet firmly planted in the past. A half-century later, it was a major world power. This remarkable transition begins with the Meiji Restoration.

Hundreds of high-level, encrypted Russian military messages and signals were de-coded by the Poles, providing critical intelligence that made fools of the Russians on the battlefield.

From her cabin on Brickyard Creek in Fergus County, Bertie stirred up what locals of every color regarded as a mighty fine brew—in violation of Prohibition.

When did the old Roman Republic die? And why?

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired” – poet Robert Frost.

What he said about Poland in his interview with Tucker cries out for rectification.

As “inscrutable” as the Japanese may at first appear, the more one learns about them the more one understands that common themes dominate human history everywhere.

No, not those dates!

A lust for power begets war, which begets disorder and destruction, which begets the “strong man” who then knocks heads together to bring order from the chaos.

On this Australia Day, I plan to raise a glass (of rum) in tribute to an extraordinary people.

A little freedom goes a long way, as demonstrated by Japan’s “Muromachi Period.”

The Nelson Column must stand. Cancel culture and its twin evil of presentism must be torn down.

This essay originated with a question a good friend posed to me just days ago: “Name the top 5 things that happened to you in 2023,” he asked.

Many on the left argue that Christian teaching should spurn private property and endorse a socialist system of wealth redistribution. After all, isn’t that what those early Christians did? 

I wonder what Orville and Wilbur would think about the time when a plane landed in Montana without a pilot.

I have no desire to be a subject of any potentate but if I had to live under just one of the nearly 100 emperors of ancient Rome, I believe I would choose Marcus Aurelius.