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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

December 16, 2019

Decline And Fall Of The United States

Seems a bit early to be writing this, but the fact is the history is already written. The nails are in the coffin. It’s already happened. The US is down 34 to 10, and there are only 2 minutes to

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

September 11, 2017

Alt-West (Hard Right) Manifesto

History

Britain and France in the Colonial Era

April 19, 2017

James II was deposed in 1688 in favor of the Dutch William of Orange (James, p. 52). This solidified an Anglo-Dutch confederacy that France viewed as a threat. With Dutch and English

History·Literature·Philosophy

"The Histories" by Herodotus

April 18, 2017

There are lot of books that have shaped the West, for better or ill. The Ancient Greeks unknowingly laid a foundation that we still are using today. You can’t toss a lyre

Culture·Family·History·Religion

Good Friday

April 14, 2017

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human

Culture·History·Legal·Religion·Sports

Death to the NCAA Part II

April 10, 2017

One of the primary reasons the NCAA exists is to prevent college football and basketball players from marketing their talents to the highest bidder. The revenue sports of football and basketball have

Culture·History

Man of the West: William Hatcher

April 6, 2017

Editor’s Note: Here we look at one of the early English settlers in America. He was famous enough to warrant mention in the historical records, and you can read more about him

History

Book Review: Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe

April 3, 2017

Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe. Traian Stoianovich. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharp, Inc., 1994. 432 pp. $24.95. ISBN 1-56324-033-5 Traian Stoianovich has composed a comprehensive treatment of the Balkans,

Culture·History·Religion

Augustus, Herod, and the Innocents

March 28, 2017

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Giovanni Papini’s The Life of Christ (published 1923). Octavius Augustus When Christ appeared upon the earth, criminals ruled the world unopposed. He was born subject

Culture·History·Philosophy·Religion

Modernism: The Shapes That End Our Destiny

March 27, 2017

As a child, I often wandered around the 3-story brownstone mansion (so it seemed to me) of my grandparents. Memory renders it a mythical place, set at the end of a winding road at

History·Legal

"Of Rights and the Nature and Necessity of Laws"

March 25, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from Young’s Civil Government, a civics primer for home and school use published in 1848. “The grand object of civil government is to secure to the members

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