Category Archives: The History of it All

Andrew Jackson stares down the national bank and wins. On July l0, 1832, President Andrew Jackson sent a message to the United States Senate. He returned unsigned, with his objections, a bill that extended the charter of the Second Bank … Continue reading →

The hoax’s never seem to end… It was May, 1864. Grant was closing in on Lee in Virginia. New Yorkers were growing hopeful that the long, terrible ordeal of the Civil War would soon be over. But their hopes were … Continue reading →

Perhaps carefully planning ahead or rushed in a moment of panic, someone in Viking-age Denmark buried their treasure and never returned. A volunteer stumbled upon the artifacts 1,000 years later. Jane Foged-Mønster went out with a metal detecting group to … Continue reading →

Archaeologists have discovered wooden defenses surrounding an ancient Roman military base for the first time in Bad Ems, western Germany. The fence, which is topped with sharpened wooden stakes similar to barbed wire, is the type of fortification mentioned in … Continue reading →

United States (1930s) “The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history. . . But we act as though we are able to predict historical events, or, even worse, as if we are able to … Continue reading →

“Everywhere Rome was failing in her duties as mistress of the civilised world. Her own internal degeneracy was faithfully reflected in the abnegation of her imperial duties. When in any country the small-farmer class is being squeezed off the land; … Continue reading →

In a recent essay, I explained how over time the US abused its responsibility to control the supply of dollars, the world’s premier reserve currency for settling international trade accounts among nations. This abrogation of its duties is leading to … Continue reading →

Treasure hunters searching for Nazi gold in the grounds of an 18th century palace in Poland have found a scattering of WWII-era German coins. The six Reichsbank pfennigs clearly marked with Swastikas were uncovered at the palace in the village … Continue reading →

October 11, 2019 – It amuses me whenever I hear President Trump and his fellow Republicans excoriating Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other leftists for being socialists. After all, let’s not forget that Trump and Republicans, along … Continue reading →

It has been an interesting Sunday for me. Some weeks ago the following was sent to me by its author. It was written by him some years ago – 2017, but unbeknownst to me, I was about to meet him … Continue reading →