Preamble My process and intention in this “key date document” My unexpected learnings “The past is never dead. It’s not…
Moving from B.C. (before Christ) to A.D. (anno domini – “in the year of our Lord”) Note re systems to measure…
The 19th Century It took over two hundred thousand years of modern human history and 6 million years of human…
Recap: According to Charles Tilly, “Altogether, about 100 million people died as a direct result of action by organized military…
Sources Magazines: National Geographic; The Economist; The Atlantic; Foreign Affairs; The New Yorker; The Walrus; Harpers; Canada’s History Newspaper sources:…
Introduction Since watching the coronation May 6th, I decided to write a blog about what the institution of the monarchy…
A surprising number of countries have ruling monarchs; 43 countries still have them. 1. Constitutional monarchy: the monarch divides power…
Last September my wife and I travelled from Kugluktuk, located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the western…
Looking in at Ken’s week. This has been a most interesting week for me, and so I thought I’d turn…
An analysis of the impact 400 years of European exploration searching for a Northwest Passage. Preamble Where is “there”? Who…