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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Editor’s Note: In 1836, shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston was elected as the first President of the Republic of Texas. Here we present his first inaugural address, which
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Geary, Patrick J. 1994. Living With The Dead In The Middle Ages. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. What Is This Book About? Geary has produced a compilation centered on how the living and
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One month ago today, safe spaces were destroyed, butts were hurt, and the California drought ended because of the flood of liberal tears. Donald Trump, the man they said couldn’t win, the
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Editor’s Note: We at Men of the West will rarely look to FDR without acrimony, but on this day, December 7, it is fitting that we remember the attack on Pearl Harbor,
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St. Nicholas was born in the year 270 AD to wealthy parents. He was very involved in the Church at an early age and always observed the Wednesday and Friday fasts. His
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Editor’s Note: in the following paragraphs, we present the first beginning of one of Thomas Paine’s most famous essays, wherein he describes the situation in America as he saw it at the
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The Dead Hand. David E. Hoffman. New York: Doubleday, 2009. 575 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-385-52437-7 David Hoffman’s chilling narrative of the arms race between the Soviet Union and The United States presents
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Isaiah 11:1-10 The Righteous Reign of the Branch There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of
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As the Victorian Age drew to a close and the Edwardian period began, the British Empire found that ties to colonial dominions were weaker than they had been (James, p. 319). The
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How and When Did the Cold War Begin? It is commonly accepted that the Cold War began soon after World War II ended, as the capitalist United States (US) and the communist
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