It is a profound mistake, a dangerous, naive delusion, to assume that safety is something that can be granted to you, like a certificate or a piece of colored cloth tied around your waist. It’s an absurd view of the world. If you walk into a dojo and they promise you “safety,” you should turn…
Month: January 2026
My Book on the Battle of Hastings
Update! The book is now available! Click here! I wrote a book about the Battle of Hastings. Why the heck did I do that? Hasn’t that story been told a million times? Look, you have to understand something fundamental. I didn’t just sit down to write another dusty volume for the archives. No. I set…
Wallace Smedley 