A Commonplace Book

In the 1954 film Sabrina , Humphrey Bogart and William Holden portray two brothers from a wealthy family. One is a nose-to-the-grindstone bu...

There's a lot that a purist could complain about in this movie, but I still like it. It has a bad case of historical clichés #4 (Real M...

So, what's every pirate's dream, me mateys? Kiera nightly. Aarr arrr arrr. To be fair to them Islamic protesters, Manuel II was a b...

CONSTANTINOPLE, September 18, 1391. Ritters News Service. Muslims around the world continued to demand a full apology after a recent stateme...

....asks Michael Berube in a New York Times article . After all, he argues, students should expect to feel uncomfortable about their beliefs...

Yesterday I watched a Mythbusters Mega Movie Myths special episode. Mythbusters looks at those questions you've always wondered about. C...

Iain M. Banks is the author of dark and richly written SF novels. As Iain Banks he also writes mainstream fiction. While not exactly light ...

The New York Times ran a story on Monday August 28 on falling real wages . They buried the lede, missing the most interesting implication of...

Early in 1381 a deed of arms was fought between the English and French at Vannes. Froissart provides a detailed account of the encounter. S...

While effigies are an excellent resource for researching medieval armor, they must be used with some caution. Effigies represent the equipme...