You know the old joke– “Predictions are hard… especially about the future.” And it’s true, nobody has a crystal ball. But it’s astonishing to see just how horribly wrong the people in charge can be in their predictions, especially about the very near future. You probably remember Joe Biden famously
By the early 7th century, the Western Roman Empire had been dead and gone for over a century. A fractured Europe was engulfed in the Dark Ages. Forward progress halted, education stagnated, and new technological inventions were few and far between. Large scale trade was impossible due to constant warfare.
In the year 210 AD, after two decades of constant warfare, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus was finally satisfied: he had conquered nearly the entire known western world. This was the year that the Roman Empire reached its maximum territory– approximately 5 million square kilometers, stretching from Morocco to Georgia, from
On September 3, 1783, after nearly a year of excruciating back-and-forth negotiations, all sides had finally gathered together in Paris to sign a historic peace agreement. It was a pretty important peace deal. Because the Treaty of Paris, as it is now known, is what formally ended the American Revolution,
Is Nicaragua still a good place to consider for second residency? Today, we revisit whether the country still makes sense as a Plan B destination. Let’s get into the details below… Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua is a Central American nation of around 6.6 million
Richard of Bordeaux was just a scared, ten year old boy in the summer of 1377 when his grandfather passed away. This should hardly have been historically relevant. But in Richard’s case, his grandfather was King Edward III who had ruled England for more than 50 years. Edward III had
By the early Spring of 1696, England was on the brink of a major currency crisis that had been building for decades. This was back in an era where English money was primarily silver; more than 1,000 years ago, in fact, Britain’s pound sterling was originally struck by Anglo-Saxon kings
On January 2, 1710, King Louis XIV of France was finally ready for peace. After nearly seven decades on the throne (which still makes him the longest reigning sovereign monarch in human history), Louis XIV had seen more wars than he could probably remember. Most recently, France had been fighting
The year 238 AD began with Maximinus I as Emperor of Rome– a former peasant who had worked his way up through the ranks of the military before being chosen as Emperor by his troops. By August of that year, Maximinus was dead, and five other men had briefly held
Elon Musk didn’t have a care in the world last week as he hilariously mocked questions in a live interview with the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s reporter had essentially prepared a number of softball questions designed for Elon to praise the US government’s new ‘Build Back Better’ bill. If
Last Monday during ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’, formerly known as Columbus Day, the statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington DC’s Lafayette Park was vandalized by activists with a warning message for everyone: “Expect Us” This is fascinating to me, considering that Lafayette Park is situated directly north of the White House,
On September 18 of the year 96 AD, a fairly obscure and elderly politician named Marcus Cocceius Nerva was proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Senate. Rome was in chaos at the time; the empire had suffered from years of turmoil, economic decline, and oppression. Most of the last several
At the height of World War II, when American soldiers were on the front lines in Europe and the Pacific battling for the very survival of civilization, life back home was starting to feel pretty bleak. The psychological toll alone was severe. Countless families had a husband, father, brother, or
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by our Sovereign Woman—Viktorija.] I was probably six or seven years old when my mother first put that idiotic pink bow in my hair. She had me dressed up like a little doll, in my nicest shoes and dress, all because we were going
Most people realize that 2020 has thrust two game-changing trends upon us that will change the world for years to come. The first is Covid. In less than six months, this virus has created extreme global hysteria and economic devastation. Countless businesses have gone bust or are teetering on the
