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April 26, 2017

The Cost of Desegregation

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

August 3, 2020

Editor’s Note: Last Redoubt comes back after a couple of weeks without posting. It’s been a while, and I’ve accumulated a few odds and ends that don’t call for a full post. Hate is bad. So we are told. Of

December 16, 2019

Decline And Fall Of The United States

September 11, 2017

Alt-West (Hard Right) Manifesto

Culture·History·Sports

Book Review – "The Dallas Cowboys"

June 8, 2017

The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America. By Joe Nick Patoski. (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. Pp. ix +

History

Man of the West: Daniel Boone

June 7, 2017

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Hero Tales from American History, by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt Daniel Boone will always occupy a unique place in our history as the

History·Literature

The Rising in 1776

June 6, 2017

The Rising in 1776 Thomas Buchanan Read Out of the North the wild news came, Far flashing on its wings of flame, Swift as the boreal light which flies At midnight through

Culture·History·Literature

Roland, the Hero of Early France

June 5, 2017

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race, by M.I. Ebbutt (published 1910) The Roland Legends CHARLES THE GREAT, King of the Franks, world-famous as Charlemagne,

Culture·History

The Crowning of Charlemagne

June 3, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following account is taken from Historical Tales, Vol. 6, by Charles Morris (published 1896). Charlemagne, the great king, had built himself an empire only surpassed by that of ancient

Art·Culture·History·Politics

A Reckoning

May 31, 2017

Recently, I was rewatching the great movie, Tombstone, with my youngest son. It was the first time he had seen it. I experienced much joy seeing him react to the events depicted, as

Culture·Family·History

George Edwin Pointer – Royal Marine Commando

May 29, 2017

Yesterday, I met Royal Marine Commando George Edwin Pointer. He is 93 and will be 94 later this year. Tomorrow he will be at the palace and meet Harry. He has been

History

Boadicea, the Heroine of Britain

May 25, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following account is taken from Historical Tales, by Charles Morris (published 1896). Prasutagus, the king of the Icenians, a tribe of the ancient Britons, had amassed much wealth in

History·Philosophy·Religion

Becoming Bold

May 22, 2017

Imagine, if you will, a beggar. He is found on the side of the road, too poor for a cup, simply holding his hand out, hoping that passersby will leave a coin.

History·Literature

The Loss of the Birkenhead

May 20, 2017

The Loss of the Birkenhead Right on our flank the crimson sun went down; The deep sea rolled around in dark repose; When, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A

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