We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
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After an initial period of disinterest in the New World, the British began a massive colonial push, achieving basic hegemony over the Northern half of the eastern seaboard by the early 18th
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Editor’s Note: This was a speech from 1973, wherein Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society, speaks of the dangers facing America and the world. It is prescient, and forward-thinking, and
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Editor’s Note: Much of this is taken from the InfoGalactic article on Lewis Wetzel, which is linked below. Lewis Wetzel (February 24, 1752 -1808) was a frontiersman and Indian fighter who roamed
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At least for a fortnight. There’s a huge rush for the first part of January when everyone’s full of pep and vinegar to get going. About the end of the month, and
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During the colonial era, both New England and Virginia were important to British interests, supplying necessary capital and/or products to England. While both were important, Virginia was more so. The differences in
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Despite the continued hysterics of the punditariat classes wetting themselves about the descending anti-immigrant Gestapos carting away those who don’t belong here, we in fact do not have to be “anti” immigrant
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The Global Cold War. Odd Arne Westad. New York: Cambrige University Press, 2005. 494 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0521853644 Odd Arne Westad challenges the traditional view of the Cold War being a
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All of us here at Men of the West would like to wish our loyal readers a blessed and happy New Year. We know that there are lots of internet sites, and
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For the past 25 years, at least, America has been in decline. Those of us who are old enough to remember the 1970s can recall how low the American morale was by
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We don’t think much about our calendar. It’s just there, isn’t it? But how did it get here? The calendar most of us use is called the Gregorian Calendar. It was introduced
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