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Out of Chaos
Jon Wilson on the strange, sudden, and far from inevitable birth of the nation-state
Sep 2
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August 2026
Friday Reflection: Necessary Oddball
Nicholas Reynolds on Peter J. Ortiz, and why institutions need people who don’t quite fit
Aug 28
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Ortiz’s War
Nicholas Reynolds on the exploits of Peter J. Ortiz, a US Marine in occupied France
Aug 26
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Friday Reflection: The Uses of Myth
Barry Strauss reminds us how Homer’s poem of Trojan War matters as history
Aug 21
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Trojan War
Barry Strauss on the history behind the epic poetry
Aug 19
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Friday Reflection: Punctuated History
Florence Hazrat reveals the deep history of punctuation and making meaning visible
Aug 14
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Punctuation Remakes the World
Florence Hazrat on the hidden history of the marks that shape how we read, think, and communicate
Aug 12
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Reflection: The Most Important Presidential Election of Anyone's Lifetime
At least once in history, an election that lives up to hyperbole
Aug 10
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Afterword
Anthony Kaldellis on the "after-image" of Constantinople
Aug 10
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He Has the People
Jonathan Earle on the momentous Election of 1860
Aug 5
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July 2026
Friday Reflection: Sweetness and Power, Redux
When the history of corn syrup is not really about corn syrup
Jul 31
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Corn Syrup
Brian Leech does local history, regional history, labor history, environmental history, and food history
Jul 29
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