(Future) History 304: Pandemics and Policy Failures of the 21st Century

It was a rainy afternoon in 2125, and the university coffee shop was buzzing with chatter and the smell of synthetic espresso. History 304: Pandemics and Policy Failures of the 21st Century had just let out, and a group of students huddled around a table, half-mocking, half-processing what they’d learned.

America’s New Warfighting Military: Old Blood and Guts Would Be Proud

Late last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told an unprecedented gathering of generals, admirals, commanders, and senior NCOs that from this moment on, the only mission of the newly named Department of War is this: “warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, [and being] unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.”

The Civil War: When “United” Started Meaning “Centralized”

History, they say, is written by the victors—and edited by their public-school textbook committees. So let’s talk about the War of Northern Aggression (as my Southern friends call it) or, as the winners prefer, the “Civil War.” Either way, it’s when Uncle Sam went from lean constitutional minimalist to big-boned bureaucratic overlord.