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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

British Finances in the Colonial Era

February 24, 2017

Editor’s Note: Though this is primarily a brief historical look at colonial finances, notice the connection between war, growing national debt, and the increase of corporatism, which eventually places undue burdens on

History·Religion

UnSchisming The Church

February 20, 2017

It was the year 1054, and the differences between the eastern half of the Church and the western half of the Church finally boiled over, resulting in what we now call The

Culture·History

Generations

February 14, 2017

After my Keanu Reeves article, it seems that it might be beneficial to give a basic overview of the Strauss-Howe theory of Generations. My earlier article made some assumptions regarding this theory,

Culture·History·Literature

Make Way For Liberty

February 11, 2017

Believe it or not, I actually found this poem in a school book. Albeit one I am afraid to hold all the way open lest it fall apart in its old age.

History

Anglo-Dutch Conflict in the Colonial Era

February 6, 2017

While the British were latecomers to colonization, with the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and even French establishing footholds in North America, the British did develop significant trade routes with the New World and

History

The Seven-Years War

February 1, 2017

Lawrence James seems to take the standard approach that the Seven Year’s War was a continuation of previous conflicts (p. 66). His claim that the peace achieved at the end of the

Culture·Family·History·Politics

Ordinary Americans

January 28, 2017

Often, if you follow the news, you hear terms thrown around. One of those that commonly comes up is “ordinary Americans.” Pundits and politicians like to use it when they are pretending

History·Literature

Book Review: Sleuthing the Alamo

January 24, 2017

Sleuthing The Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution. By James E. Crisp. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xvi + 201. Forward, Acknowledgements, Chronology, Afterword,

History·Politics

Lessons from Nixon – Facing Your Enemies

January 23, 2017

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon embarked upon a foreign trip to South America, where many countries had been experiencing massive unrest. After a brief, and successful, stop is Montevideo, Uruguay, Nixon,

History·Literature

Analysis of Asser’s Alfred the Great

January 23, 2017

What Is This Book About? Asser’s biography of Alfred the Great is the oldest known biography of an Anglo-Saxon king (p. 48). It serves as a totem for the respect that Asser

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