Author: Christian Coleman
5 Great History Podcasts
Ancient history doesn’t always get much attention in high school and college. Unless you’re a history major or deliberately take ancient history electives, you probably won’t encounter much of the […]
September 6 — It’s The End of The World
Before Europeans set foot in the Americas (Vikings excepted), it was a world full of diverse civilizations. The Chico Norte civilization in modern-day Peru arose about the same time as […]
The Entire History of Ancient Rome in 1130 Words
Rome captured the popular imagination of the Western World almost immediately after it ceased to exist. The (Western) Roman Empire fell in 476 CE. Almost immediately after, Westerners were attempting […]
The Most American Beer
Is Native American beer (tiswin) beer? By German law, beer can only consist of barley, water, hops, and yeast. There are thousands of variations on that basic recipe. The type […]
Billionaires Are Ruining Outer Space
I’m going to say something I never thought I would say and that would break the heart of 12-year old me: outer space is boring. It’s really really boring. Well, […]
Have You Seen My Childhood Star Wars?
Star Wars debuted in 1977 and essentially redefined the science-fiction film genre. Sci-fi books had long been serious, contemplative affairs. Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick, and other members […]
You’re Living in a Matrix and You Can Never Escape
We could be living in a matrix – a computer generated simulation. If we were, you would likely never know, and it would likely never matter. I don’t mean that […]
The Many Faces of Lois Lane
Since Action Comics #1 in 1938, Lois Lane has been Superman’s partner. She’s changed actors plenty of times, and the characterizations all differ; however, a few things remain constant. She […]
America’s Culture War Is a Religious Conflict
A civic religion is more than just a system of beliefs that we might consider “religious,” as in, supernatural. A civic religion is a set of beliefs, customs, and symbols […]
The UFOs Might Not Be Aliens But Aliens Definitely Exist
Recently, the US Department of Defense released a report on UFO sightings. The DoD calls them “unknown aerial phenomena.” In English, that means “we saw some shit flying around, and […]