…The Rest Is His Story

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  • The Well-Mannered Illusion

    What’s a conspiracy theory you actually find believable? “The mirror doesn’t lie.” EXCUSE ME. We’ve known since childhood that mirrors can lie. We literally built fun houses around the evidence. One makes you six feet wide. Another turns your head… Continue reading

  • The Art of Not Erasing

    If you could erase one event from history, what would it be? An artist doesn’t erase.We paint over it. One stroke changes the canvas. Another crosses it. Colors meet, layers build, and traces of what came before may still show… Continue reading

  • Indiana Jones and the Evidence of Ordinary Things

    Who is the fictional character you relate to the most? I absolutely share Indy’s obsession with rescuing history. Indiana Jones, that is. Though I’m not a college professor by day, I enjoy decoding clues to vanished eras. I am a… Continue reading

  • Confessions of a Texas Hardened Criminal

    I have a confession to make. I am a hardened criminal. Not because of that Texas roll at a stop sign last Tuesday — you know, the kind where you respectfully acknowledge the sign but don’t fully commit — but… Continue reading

  • The House With No Blueprint

    From my beautiful flower garden,you will see glowing arched windows appear on the second floor—but inside, they are nowhere to be found. You enter through heavy, hand-carved oak doors,their iron hinges moaning like old violins… And then—the relaxing sounds of… Continue reading