Abandoned Footnotes

As part of my research on  Francisco Franco , I recently had the opportunity to spend some time at the  Archivo General de la Administración...

(Some commentary on recent elections in North Korea, and on electoral rituals generally) As many readers will know, North Korea just had a...

(Warning: speculation about Spanish history during the Franco era by an amateur). I’m currently in Spain, doing some research on Fran...

It's the solstice: time to take stock, and (in the Northern hemisphere, where I am right now) give thanks to the guardians of Asgard for...

(Part of an occasional series on  the history of political regimes . Contains some work in progress.) This is the age of democracy, ideol...

(A footnote on Inga Clendinnen’s extraordinary “ Aztecs: An Interpretation .” If there’s a better book on the Aztecs than this, I want to r...