It’s fair to say this has been a momentous week for Willie Gault, the former Chicago Bears wideout who was also a track star of great renown. Things started off great when police in Los Angeles found his stolen Super Bowl ring, but then took a turn for the worse—the much, much worse—after news emerged […]
Entries Tagged as 'Julius Caesar'
Seizing the Narrative
December 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments
Tags:crime·football·Julius Caesar·Scientology·Sports Illustrated·Willie Gault·writing
First Contact: The Germans
September 18th, 2009 · 9 Comments
For obvious reasons—primarily the abundance of English-language sources—the bulk of our First Contact series has focused on European accounts of “New World” civilizations. Today’s entry breaks that trend, however, by harkening back to a more intramural culture clash: that between the Romans and the Germans, during the waning years of the Roman Republic. The eyewitness […]
Tags:ancient history·Communism·economics·First Contact·Germany·Julius Caesar·Roman Empire