History

26 Great Reads for Understanding Modern India

Reading Time: 4 minutes I still have several episodes left to completion of the series on the history of modern India but I thought I would go ahead and get this listing out. At the end of each podcast series I try to provide a listing of books that were used in researching the series. This post serves as a…

Society

Natural Disasters and Unnatural Losses

Reading Time: 3 minutes The whole world has watched the tragedy in the Philippines unfold this past week and held our breath together as the death counts rise higher and higher. In addition to Typhoon Haiyan there were also earthquakes in Delhi India, and a cyclone that claimed up to a hundred lives in Somalia. While we might never…

History

The Ages of History

Reading Time: 7 minutes The history of international politics and warfare can be divided into four primary eras. Each distinct era represents changing ways in which power and influence functioned and were best utilized by the nations in these periods. Recognizing these unique eras gives us insight into how nations have risen and fallen throughout history as well as…

Politics

What’s Wrong with the Gun Control Argument

Reading Time: 6 minutes A lot of my subscribers at The End of History, like me, came of age in the era of random mass violence. Columbine sticks out in my mind as the first big one that shocked us all. There might have been others before it but that is the mental icon I have for the first…