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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
At the end of 2016, I posted a piece on The Muslim Question. There, I gave a brief historical survey of the centuries-long conflict between the Christian West and the Mohammedans. Some
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
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
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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