On August 19, 1953, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d’etat jointly planned by the United States and Great Britain and led on the ground by the CIA. With the support of the country’s leading mullah, Abol-Ghasem Kashani, Americans under the command of...
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Robotics. Artificial intelligence. Nanotechnology. These fields, among others, compete for attention as the seminal technology of the 21st century. But no field of scientific endeavor holds more promise of bringing greater change to the world around us in the...
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On October 31, 1922, he entered office as the Prime Minister of Italy. He was 39 years of age. In the 1921 general election, his party, then known as the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, had received 29,549 votes out of 6.7 million cast. How, then, did this ex-soldier, a corporal in the Italian...
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The recent passing of England’s second Queen Elizabeth reminds us that her namesake’s reign was even more consequential. After all, Elizabeth I gave her name to the era she helped shape during the forty-five years she sat on the throne. And few periods in Western history have attracted...
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Reading the Cadfael Chronicles is one of the best ways I’ve found to open a window on life in medieval Europe. Set on the English-Welsh border in the middle of the twelfth century, these clever little mysteries illuminate life within a Benedictine monastery, in the surrounding town, and in...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.