Intellectual

A review of the life and accomplishments of the legendary Soviet spy, Ursula Kuczynski, also known by her operational code name, Sonya.

A brief overview of the pre-eminent socialist thinker and revolutionary... the fallen star of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A brief overview of the 20th century most successful tyrant.

A quick overview of the 20th century most influential revolutionary.

On the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a take on how this event shaped the war in Europe against Nazi Germany.

In 1853, Tsar Nicholas I dragged his empire into a vicious war to fulfill his fantasies and to avenge his ego; a war that would bring the armies of Britain, France, the Ottomans, and the Sardinians to his doorsteps.

Not only calamities are the reason behind grand migrations, but also the opening of opportunities that are far better than those at home. Advantageous conditions lure people to carry their luggage and go through great lengths of instability and adversity, hoping to achieve a better future for themselves and their families.

A similar small migration is taking place in various places around the world, but mainly it's indoors migration or migration within the same country. Most noticeably, is the eastward migration of Canadians from the big cities to the Atlantic seaboard.

Does the way we consume history determine the path ‎towards our future?‎  

Does the way citizens perceive their history, familial and ‎collective, affect the way they live their lives? make plans for ‎their future? and eventually, build their nations one way or ‎another?‎  

Is there truth in any of that, or is it some fancy theoretical ‎nonsense?‎

A brief biography of the historic leader of the British Liberal Party during the later half of the 19th century.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881), ‎was a British political leader and novelist who served as ‎Prime Minister twice (1868, 1874–80).‎  

He gave the Conservative Party a two-pronged policy of ‎Tory democracy and imperialism.‎