Obstacles to the China Path in Latin America: a talk that fails to address the elephant north of Latin America
Paul Cockshott, “Obstacles to the China Path in Latin America” (19 December 2021) This video
Were the Romans Close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 2): a lesson and a warning to post-industrial societies
Garrett Ryan, “Were the Romans Close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 2)” (Toldinstone, 5 March
Were the Romans Close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 1): evidence that Ancient Rome was a pre-industrial society
Garrett Ryan, “Were the Romans Close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 1)” (Toldinstone, 26 February
How Warm was the Roman Climate? – a brief survey of evidence for the Roman Warm Period
Garrett Ryan, “How Warm was the Roman Climate?” (Toldinstone, 23 February 2022) In this instalment
The Chinese defeated the US Army in 1950: how the US lost the Korean War in the long term through arrogance and ignorance
Carlton Meyer, “The Chinese defeated the US Army in 1950” (Tales of the American Empire,
Celebrating the achievements of Roman-era civil engineering in “Were Roman Roads more Durable than Modern Highways?”
Garrett Ryan, “Were Roman Roads more Durable than Modern Highways?” (Toldinstone, 5 February 2022) Here’s
Panama Ransacked in 1989: a brief snapshot of a seedy relationship between the CIA and Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega
Carlton Meyer, “Panama Ransacked in 1989” (Tales of the American Empire, 4 February 2022) A
Dealing with plot inconsistencies as well as pests in “Alien: Night Shift”
Aidan Michael Brezonick, “Alien: Night Shift” (2019; extended version 2020) Not one of the better
A good setting and cast but weak growth in “Alien: Harvest”
Benjamin Howdeshell, “Alien: Harvest” (2019) It had stunning CGI visuals, a scary setting in a
Haunted (green) house horror plot with a twist in “Alien: Specimen”
Kelsey Taylor, “Alien: Specimen” (2019)A suspenseful little short, more haunted-house horror than sci-fi, “… Specimen”