“I love people as I meet them one by one. People are just wonderful as individuals. You see the whole universe in their eyes if you look carefully. But as soon as they begin to group, as soon as ...
2025-11-17 06:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Mark Lee Gardner is a wonderful writer. His books about the Old West are masterpieces. He was my gu...
2025-11-10 20:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s late into the night—usually the time when I do my best work. I love the silence and...
2025-11-09 18:58:10 +0000 UTC View Post
“Take me back to the quarries.” Philoxenus
“Pelopidas died as he’d lived, a freedom fighter who rushed fearlessly into the fray.” James Romm
“As one approaches Chaeronea, th...
2025-11-03 17:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
“There was no uproar, and no silence either, but that certain type of noise that results from anger and battle. Clashing shield on shield, they were shoving, fighting, killing, dying.” Xenophon...
2025-10-20 17:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone who fought Rome in its heyday had to deal with one major psychological hurdle. Ancient Rome didn’t play by the same rules everyone else did. All people try to win in war, but if they lose ...
2025-10-09 23:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I always love to share with you about TV shows, movies and video games focusing on history. Today, I’ll tell you about Jason Momoa’s Chief of War, a series about Native Hawaiians at th...
2025-10-06 17:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1796, George Washington, the first president of the United States, decided to retire from public life at the age of 64. He’d serve out his second term until its completion the following year, ...
2025-09-28 23:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe tour of Japan I participated in last year was one of the best travel experiences I've ever had. I had never liked organized tours, but Teras Cassidy is a master at his craft. We saw a whole bun...
2025-09-18 23:54:19 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: APOLOGIES. THE VERSION I UPLOADED A FEW HOURS AGO WAS PLAGUED WITH TECHNICAL ISSUES. I JUST UPLOADED A NEW ONE. I THINK (AND HOPE) THIS ONE IS GOOD. APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION.
“Wit...
2025-09-14 23:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The historical conditions in Italy during my childhood probably go a long way to explain why I’m ...
2025-09-09 15:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep ...
2025-09-07 18:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostIf you'd like to hop on for an informal zoom meeting, it will start at 10 am Pacific time (in a little over half hour). The link is below:
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“For many of those for whom there is no light at the end of the tunnel, the story of Sertorius should be an example and an inspiration.” Philip Matyszak
Here’s the tale of one o...
2025-08-18 16:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostJust FYI, I'll have a zoom meeting next week on Saturday at 10 am PST. Nothing specific. Just to chat about history, life and everything else. I hope you can join. I'll post the link here a few min...
2025-08-16 17:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post
1809, New Zealand. This story has it all. British sailors. Maori warriors. A major cultural misunderstanding. Revenge. And cannibalism.
1809, New Zealand. This story has it all. British sailo...
2025-08-11 16:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostI'll make an exception to the rule of only posting things that are directly tied to History on Fire, in case some of you are into Jiujitsu. I just published this instructional with BJJ Fanatics. I ...
2025-08-07 14:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an essay for you:
“Together, gloriously drunk, we no longer know the meaning of unhapp...
2025-07-25 14:51:54 +0000 UTC View Post
“Lucky will not be pleased to hear that you have not been helpful.” Joe Adonis
“The outcome of the war appeared extremely grave. In addition, there was the most serious concern ov...
2025-07-21 10:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently had a chance to watch a historical TV series entitled A Thousand Blows. It’s set in the East London of the 1880s, in a gritty environment populated by bareknuckle boxers, Jama...
2025-07-13 08:47:41 +0000 UTC View Post
“The thought of him now and always has been a sense of comfort. I could breathe, I could sleep, when he had me in his arms. My father—he got me breath, he got me lungs, strength—life… The b...
2025-06-16 17:20:45 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the link for today's zoom meeting. Starting in a few minutes:
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2025-06-14 17:29:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Sebastian Major is one of the nicest people in podcasting and the host of the excellent Our Fake History. In this episode, we chat about his research on the mythology and real history of a...
2025-06-09 01:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostI'd love to hop on a zoom with you fine folks. Assuming nothing changes, 10.30 am Pacific Time on Saturday, June 14. I'll post a zoom link here a few minutes prior to the meeting.
2025-06-05 16:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
It was only a few generations ago when large numbers of people in United States saw nothing wrong with the notion of buying, selling and owning human beings. Weirder yet, some slave owners were mas...
2025-06-02 18:15:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It is said that, back in ancient Greece, people from all city-states looked up to the Oracle at Delphi as one of the most important religious sites in the entire country. Ancient Greeks put ...
2025-05-26 16:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“It is our belief that Saddam wishes to return Islam to blasphemy and polytheism...if America becomes victorious...and grants victory to Saddam, Islam will receive such a blow that it will not be...
2025-05-18 16:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post
In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government passed Executive Order 9066. This executive order combined with war-time hysteria and racism led to Japanese-Americans living on the ...
2025-05-10 17:29:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This series is dedicated to Franco Bolelli.
“I am beyond Right and Left, just as I am beyond good and evil… I am a man devoted to life, not to formulas.” Gabriele D’Annunzio
“...
2025-04-21 17:26:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In today’s episode, I’d like to tell you about one of my favorite historical films and one of the very few set during the French and Indian War. Released during a golden age of Native American-...
2025-04-14 06:27:21 +0000 UTC View Post