History

The Atrocious Ethics of Fauci’s Lockdown Defense 2
- Politics, History, Philosophy
- September 26, 2022
On Feb. 7, 1968, after American military forces rained rockets, napalm, and bombs on the village of Ben Tre in South Vietnam, killing hundreds of civilians, Associated Press reporter Peter Arnett quoted a military officer’s justification of the event. “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,” a U.S. major was quoted as saying.
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Why Did the British Give Reparations to Slave Owners?6
- History, International, Politics
- September 9, 2022
The topic of slavery always evokes a flurry of emotions. Such was the case when the British government announced in 2015 that it had completed the payment of a loan borrowed to compensate slave owners for their loses due to the abolition of slavery. In an age when many are demanding that whites make reparations
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Once Upon a Time the Government Encouraged Real Men 12
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, History, Uncategorized
- September 7, 2022
The last week of summer found me on Minnesota’s North Shore, enjoying the waves of Lake Superior, and the woods and rocky cliffs that surround the world’s largest body of fresh water. But these natural beauties weren’t the only thing that caught my eye. As I made my way back home, I stopped at a
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Waking Up in the Middle of the Night of Totalitarianism 7
- Culture, History, International, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- September 2, 2022
Sometimes events converge in my life and explode into revelation. A few weeks ago, I edited an interview with Elizabeth Spalding, one of the founders and now the director of the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C. About this same time, I read Under a Cruel Star, Heda Kovály’s account of life in Czechoslovakia
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Want to Change Hearts and Minds? Try Humility.8
- Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- August 30, 2022
A friend recently sent me a popular meme called the Pyramid of Intellect. It shows the various academic degrees, starting at the base of the pyramid with a high school diploma and narrows its way up to a Ph.D. But at the very top of the pyramid is a little section that reads, “People who
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When You’re Headed the Wrong Way, Turn Around 19
- Culture, History, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 29, 2022
Eighty-five percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, an AP-NORC survey found in June. Large majorities disapproved of the current administration’s handling of the pandemic, gun policy, and the economy. If we look at the road we have traveled to arrive at this point, we find that the GPS for
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