How might the great heroes of Chekhov respond to the discovery of torture in the Gulags? Solzhenitsyn muses in a tome which requires MUCH bourbon… or a whole bottle of vodka.

Assorted Musings from an Unknown Historian
Bourbon, Books, and Bemusement
How might the great heroes of Chekhov respond to the discovery of torture in the Gulags? Solzhenitsyn muses in a tome which requires MUCH bourbon… or a whole bottle of vodka.
Joe Schmoo and criticizing history’s greats. Knock it off, junior, you’re just irritating the adults.
WWII memes. Because why the hell not?
The patriot Edward Snowden gives an interview-from-exile. Some thoughts and a few links. Listen and get mad!
By Todd Hubert April 2016 At 0445 hours on the morning of September 1, 1939, German divisions supported by tactical aircraft and mobile armor poured
Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome “A World at War:” “The Italians had halted after