Young and Reckless: Hemingway in Italy
It was cold and they were lying in a ditch trying hard not to be spotted by the Austro-Hungarian forcesContinue Reading
Category: Essays
Dr. No and Dr. Strangelove: Cold War Anxiety in Film, 1962-1964
Abstract The early 1960s saw a string of popular Cold War spy movies and television shows that illuminated the complexitiesContinue Reading
Orwellian Nationalism—On the Right and the Left—Poses a Grave Threat to the American Republic
George Orwell penned his now-famous essay “Notes on Nationalism” just as Imperial Japan and the Third Reich were breathing theirContinue Reading
Placing Putin’s Pragmatism in Perspective
This essay was originally published in Small Wars Journal under a Creative Commons license. This excerpt is reprinted with theContinue Reading
Memes, Models, and Making Sense of Everything
There’s a line in an old Simpsons episode where Homer says “Facts? Pshhh. You can use facts to prove anythingContinue Reading
