Weekend Beacon 3/16/25

Lee Edwards, 1932-2024

Column: Remembering the conservative movement's preeminent chronicler

From Nicholas II to Trump I?

REVIEW: 'The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs' by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

What They Learned From the Last War

REVIEW: 'The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler—How War Made Them and How They Made War' by Phillips Payson O’Brien

The History of History

REVIEW: ‘The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present’ by Oswyn Murray

Are We There Yet?

REVIEW: 'Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey into the Heart of American Democracy' by Francis S. Barry

For Tim Walz's Minnesota Homelessness Council, Work Starts With Acknowledgment of 'Stolen Land'

State agencies led by Walz routinely say, 'The land we are living and working on is stolen land from our Native American relatives'

Orwell in Burma, 'Flatulent' Travel Writing, and Banning the Word 'Plantation'

The Weekend Beacon Interview with 'Burma Sahib' author Paul Theroux

No, Churchill Was Not the Villain

How China and North Korea Are Saving Russia's Military Machine From Grinding to a Halt