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Edward Snowden, American Hero or Malignant Traitor? (Part One)
May 22, 2025

In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throug

Edward Snowden, American Hero or Malignant Traitor? (Part Two)
May 22, 2025

In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throug

J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part One)
April 18, 2025

 J. D. Salinger, photo used on book jacket, The Catcher in the RyeOriginal book jacket cover, The Catcher in the RyeCornish-Windsor Bridge, near Salinger’s homeThe Catcher in the Rye, paperback book edition cover, designed by SalingerJean

J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part Two)
April 18, 2025

J. D. Salinger, Time Magazine, 1961Original dust jacket of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger eventually demanded that his photo be removed.J. D. Salinger, on the streets of Windsor, Vermont, later in life.Joyce Maynard, later in life.J.D. Salinger: The

Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part One)
March 20, 2025

 Admiral Gunther LutjensHitler on naval inspection tour of the “Deutschland,” in 1934.Crew of Bismarck on deck, its 15 inch guns visibleSpitfire reconnaissance photo near Bergen, Norway.Bismarck during the Battle of the Denmark Strai

Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part Two)
March 19, 2025

Captain Ernst LindemannHMS Prince of WalesAdmiral John Tovey on the deck of the George VSwordfish Torpedo dive bomberSwordfish returning to the Ark Royal after attacking the BismarckArk Royal and Renown from HMS SheffieldBismarck survivors being res

The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part One)
February 18, 2025

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Burial Marker for Vermeer, Oude Kirk, DelftThe Astronomer in the Altaussee salt mineTwo paintings at 2023 Rijk

The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part Two)
February 18, 2025

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived.Young Woman With A Water PitcherWoman With a LuteThe Music LessonThe ConcertWoman in Blue Reading a letterWoman Wi

The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part One)
January 09, 2025

Christopher Boyce on Australian 60 MinutesChristopher Boyce, after his rearrest in the state of Washington.Timothy Hutton, who played Boyce in “The Falcon and the Snowman.”Sean Penn, who played Daulton Lee in the “The Falcon and the S

The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part Two)
January 09, 2025

 Christopher Boyce, testifying before Congress, 1985Australian Prime Minister Gough WhitlamKathleen “Cait” Mills Boyce, 2003Recent photo of Boyce in OregonCait and Chris Boyce on CNN, 2014Arrested for selling secrets to the Russians