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The following by Norvell B. De Atkine is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum Why Arabs Lose Wars by Norvell B. De Atkine Middle East Quarterly December 1999 Norvell De Atkine, a U.S. Army retired colonel with eight years residence...

Is Newt Scamander working as Dumbledore’s secret agent in Fantastic Beasts? I think so. Last Sunday I posted my first thoughts about J. K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts screenplay-as-filmed and the response to that  post has been rewarding and exciting...

November 8 In History 30: Birthdate of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, the Roman Emperor who changed the way in which the special tax on Jews was collected so that would not be the humiliating experience created by his Flavian predecessors. 641: “Jews were...

Tel Kabri. Photo: Eric H. Cline. A lot of planning and hard work goes into making every archaeological excavation season a success. This is seen not only during the season itself, but also in the months leading up to it and in the years following it...

stripes.com On July 6, 1921, a curious gathering took place at the State, War, and Navy Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. The occasion was a ceremony honoring veterans of the 102nd Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces' 26th "Yankee...