A Commonplace Book

The latest recruit to the Terror side of the War on Terror has set fire to his own crotch, provoking yet another spasm of security theater. ...

Sunlight on Kraken Mare We peered beneath a methane cloud And took the pictures one by one, When all at once we saw a crowd Of waves that ca...

Gawain, the Green Knight and Iran Today Obama, St. Augustine and the Doctrine of Just War . Sometimes pacifism isn't enough. The Peace ...

The Medieval Recreations Wall Calendar for 2010 is now available at Commonplace Goods , along with the Carthaginian War Elephant Calendar p...

A spiffy recreation of a King Rene tournament was held in England in September, complete with viewing stands. Here is the site.

On November 14th the Tournament of the Lily , a very noble deed of arms was held in the Barony of Ponte Alto of the Society for Creative Ana...

From the Gesta Henrici Quinti : Sed Gallorum nobilitas quae plena fronte prius accesserat, ut de prope conjunctionem venerat, vel timore tel...

Having taken a closer look, I don't believe Anne Curry's revisionist numbers for the English, either. If the quotes posted here are...

Anne Curry has a new revisionist take on the battle, saying the French army was much, much smaller than most historians have believed. Also...

The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee led by former Lockheed Martin chief Norm Augustine turned in their final report Octob...