History

Paul Fussell | Chickenshit

A wonderful breakdown and etymology of the word chickenshit by the author Paul Fussell from his book Wartime, a second…

12 years ago

Mark Kurlansky | Woodcut Prints

In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for…

12 years ago

Daniel Webster | Party Chowder

Taken from Mark Kurlansky's amazing book Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. Party Chowder Take a…

12 years ago

Magnum Photos | The Mexican Suitcase

In December 2007, three boxes filled with rolls of film containing 4,500 35mm negatives of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)…

12 years ago

John Keegan | The Battle of Trafalgar

All the rigging was cut to pieces, the masts damaged by a number of shot, the guns in the upper…

13 years ago

Mug Shot | Stokely Carmichael

Now that they've taken Dr. King off, it's time to end this nonviolence bullshit. - Stokely Carmichael Stokely Carmichael was…

13 years ago

James E. Hinton | Carmichael, Jones, and Brown

I say you better get a gun. Violence is necessary—it is as American as cherry pie. —H. Rap Brown  …

13 years ago

Alexandria | The Corniche

Alexandria is a stunning city and because of its layout, hard to encompass the its scale and sweep. It can…

13 years ago