History

Dissertation Days (21): Roadblocks

I’ve reached that stage in Chapter 3 where I know that the end is in sight,…
Dissertation Days (19): Weasel Words

Today, I worked a lot in Chapter 3, making sure that I cut out some of…
Reading History: “Mary, Called Magdalene” (by Margaret George)

Since finishing The Confessions of the Young Nero, the most recent literary outing from historical fiction author Margaret…
Dissertation Days (17): Headaches

Much as it pains me to admit it, this has not been a very productive day…
Dissertation Days (10): Bits and Pieces

Well, friends, I wasn’t quite as productive as I should have been. It was a busy…
Dissertation Days (9): Rough Days…

Sometimes, you have a day of writing where nothing goes quite as you want, and you…
Dissertation Days (5): Clarity at Last

Today was what I would like to call a successful writing day. I not only met…
Dissertation Days (3): Genuine Progress

Today I set out to write some more of the contextual sections of the third chapter,…
Screening History: “Ben-Hur”(1959)

Some time ago, I wrote a 3-part series of blog posts about the rise and fall…
Trump and the Terror of History

In my work on the post-war historico-biblical epic, I talk a lot about the “terror of…