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
We have discussed generations and the Strauss-Howe theory of their operation quite often on these pages, but it has been a few years since we really addressed that here. Here, we link
One of the most tragic episodes of a struggle that lacerated the Roman Empire for four centuries, until it finally destroyed it, the struggle between Orient and Occident.
Editor’s note: Originally posted by Last Redoubt at https://lastredoubt.substack.com/p/old-ways Paper has a lot of problems. It’s bulky. It catches fire. More to the point, if I want to send something on paper
"It was in these disastrous days that Chateaubriand arose, and bent the force of his lofty mind to restore the fallen but imperishable faith of his fathers."
If we had to single out the special excellence which marks Ammianus as a writer of history, we should find it in his distinct gift for life-like portraiture.
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