Watching the Persian forces burn their own villages, the Greeks are encouraged a bit: this seems like a confession by their enemies that the...

The lack of cavalry tells on the first day, in which the Persians send cavalry to spy upon and then harass the Greeks. The mounted bowmen an...

The new generals post picket guards and call a general meeting of the Ten Thousand.  Xenophon attends in his finest fighting clothes, saying...

My sister is up in Seattle for some reason, and she sent this photo that she took yesterday afternoon. 

Tulsi Gabbard, just confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, has the qualifications of having been abused by the system and driven ou...

In the end of the eighth part I said that "in some respects this is the real beginning of the story of the Ten Thousand[.]" This n...

In the very next chapter Xenophon will introduce us to Socrates, not the general but the philosopher. Socrates was a man that Xenophon liked...

Xenophon interrupts his story, as he had following the death of Cyrus, to describe the murdered generals. These should really be read in ful...

I overheard at a local cafe that a lot of people were enjoying viewing superb owls today. I, too, am a fan of owls and thought I would share...

By the time they reach the Great Zab river (the notes in my edition claim this is the ‘Zapatas’ mentioned last time), the Greek commander de...

From the NYT , which incautiously allowed conservative-ish Bret Stephens to join in a round-table discussion: Voters, including conservative...

 

This particular train is of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad , currently blocking the end of the one-way road into Dillsboro, North Caroli...

Screwtape warned his trainee tempter of the danger when humans remember that despair is a worse sin than any of the sins that provoke it. ...

In spite of their concerns caused by the lengthy delay, the Greeks abide by the truce and wait to be led out by the Persian forces. This mar...

Canada's version of USAID has just deleted "its entire public database of foreign aid spending."  They don't even have a D...

A firefighter and former Marine shows honor , and class.

J. Michael Waller suggests that there's a reason the Tulsi/Kash nominations are taking a while: Congress is afraid of vengeance from the...

The army has the usual problem for armies of feeding itself. Logistics is going to be a key problem for the rest of the tale; we've alr...