History

Is Islam Really the ‘Religion of Peace’?7
- History, Featured, Religion
- September 23, 2024
It’s not politically correct to think that some cultures, religions, and traditions are better than others. And perhaps even more taboo is the topic of Islam—and its historical record compared to Christianity, particularly when the two religions come to clash. It’s worth asking, then, what do history and data have to say on the topic?
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Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery 0
- History
- September 19, 2024
Given America’s history with slavery and eventual emancipation, especially the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, the average person might be left with the impression that slavery was only ended thanks to the efforts of a powerful nation-state. In fact, one might even go as far as to assume that slavery could only be brought
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What We Misunderstand About the Nazis 8
- Culture, Featured, History
- September 12, 2024
In his insightful essay “We Misunderstood the Nazis” in The Free Press, Matti Friedman argues that the way we learn about the Holocaust has done little to prevent its reoccurrence. Thanks to billion-dollar investments in museums, documentaries, and school curricula, Westerners know all about the “logistics” of National Socialism: Zyklon B, death marches, cruel torture.
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Rediscovering Long-Lost Conservatism 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Politics
- August 29, 2024
Have the political parties always held the positions they do today? Has the right moved further right, or the left further left? The Republican Party of 2024 is far more liberal than the Democrat Party of the 1990s. With few exceptions, Republicans have consistently supported deficit spending, corporate welfare, and social welfare for decades now.
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The Importance of Learning About Local History and Culture 4
- Culture, Featured, History
- August 20, 2024
A human community, then, if it is to last long, must exert a sort of centripetal force, holding local soil and local memory in place. Practically speaking, human society has no work more important than this. These are the words of farmer and writer Wendell Berry in his essay “The Work of Local Culture.” We
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What Happened to American Civics?2
- Education, History, MomThink
- August 12, 2024
My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches of government to creating a flip book of landmark Supreme Court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education. One of the tasks is a minor level of
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