History

Mussolini’s Description of Fascism Sounds a Lot Like Antifa 0
- History
- October 6, 2017
One of the fascinating things about the chaotic culture on America’s college campuses is the unlikely bedfellows it is producing. Particularly striking are the liberal professors who are speaking out against students agitating for the adoption of illiberal policies, such as political censorship and safe spaces, which curtail free speech. These liberal professors include Erika
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‘The Hobbit’ Turns 80 0
- History
- October 5, 2017
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” When Tolkien wrote these words, which would become one of the most famous and most memorable opening sentences in all of literature, he could not have known what literary power would be unleashed by his creation of the diminutive hole-dwelling creature, Bilbo Baggins. This year,
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Where Did the Poets Go?0
- History
- September 25, 2017
The recent death of American poet John Ashbery sadly removed the last of his generation’s major poets. The current population of U.S. poets is now bereft of any truly significant figures — although there are many skillful writers of this hermetic yet important language art. How long Ashbery’s work will last is not clear. Mostly
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Stanislav Petrov Saved the World By Thinking For Himself Instead of Following Orders 0
- History
- September 21, 2017
The world recently learned of the death of the Soviet military hero Stanislav Petrov who saved the world from nuclear war. In 1983, Colonel Petrov was on duty to detect incoming missiles aimed for the Soviet Union. His computer console told him that there were five incoming nuclear missiles. Without any evidence, Petrov made the
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When the West Lost the Battle of Ideas 0
- History
- September 21, 2017
The dismantling of the idea of the West began when medieval philosophers began re-introducing the Sophist notions reduced to ashes by Socrates. This reintroduction came about as a reaction to extreme scholasticism in the Middle Ages. It was a fascinating thought experiment known as nominalism, but it unwittingly wrought massive damage upon the very ways
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4 Reasons War with North Korea May Be Imminent 0
- History
- September 20, 2017
North Korea’s nuclear and missile testing programs have accelerated in the last three years, and the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, appears unrelenting in his pursuit of demonstrating the capability to reach the continental U.S. with a nuclear-tipped ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile). According to CNN, North Korea has fired 22 missiles in 2017 alone (see below),
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