El Borak

El Borak is an historian by training, an IT Director by vocation, and a writer when the mood strikes him. He lives in rural Kansas with his wife of thirty years, where he works to fix the little things.

July 12, 2018

Gardening

Bunch of Little Rotters

Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results. But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot. It happened first some ten years ago and grew

February 19, 2018

What Did We Think Was Going To Happen?

Everyone, it seems, has a magic bullet that’s going to end school shootings. It’s part of our culture. The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed. Everyone on Twitter is a policy expert, Facebook is filled

February 26, 2018

Undercover Gardening: Mulching with Shredded Paper

September 21, 2019

A Spiritually Dark Future

Firearms

Swaging bullets with the Lyman 4500 Lube Sizer

May 19, 2017

If you pour your own bullets*, you’ll be faced with a few options for getting them ready to fire. Poured lead bullets, as opposed to the FMJs you purchase from your friendly

Philosophy·Religion

First Corinthians 15 as Greco-Roman Rhetoric

May 18, 2017

Whether it’s Paul’s address to the Athenians in Acts 17 or Jesus’ refusal to answer the Pharisees’ questions about his authority in Matthew 21, many of the most powerful interactions and addresses

History·Religion

Plant a Victory Garden

May 12, 2017

During the hard years of WWII, when truly massive amounts of canned American foods were shipped overseas to feed soldiers and allies, the American government promoted the home garden as a means

Culture·Politics

Wanted: Hate Crimes

May 10, 2017

The real thing is in short supply: BEAN BLOSSOM, Ind. (WTHR) – A Brown County church vandalized with Donald Trump graffiti shortly after the 2016 election wasn’t targeted by pro-Trump political activists,

History·Legal

Don't Shirk Your (Jury) Duty

May 6, 2017

There are four boxes that protect the liberties of men of the West from tyranny: the ballot box, the soap box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. It is unfortunate that

Firearms·Religion

Why church elders should carry concealed

May 5, 2017

It’s because they are shepherds: A Michigan man is accused of being an ISIS supporter after he told an undercover FBI agent that he wanted to shoot up a church to show

Culture·Religion

Was Jesus a Racist?

May 4, 2017

According to David R. Henson, He was and that’s bad: So what are we to make of [Jesus’ conversation with the Syrio-Phoenician woman in Mark 7:25-7]? Clearly, racism is a sin, an

Culture

Political Correctness Necessitates Fake News

May 2, 2017

When dealing with our modern hysteria over gender, the press fails to tell even the simple truths: A transgender murderer has been moved from a women’s prison following claims she had sex

Culture·History·Politics·Religion

Was Washington A Prophet?

April 29, 2017

Is Washington also amongst the prophets? We’d better hope not: No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People

Culture·Family

Be Christ to Your Wife: a Challenge to Married Men

April 28, 2017

Editor’s Note: We are pleased to offer this article by a new Men of the West author, El Borak, a long time friend of many of us here. El Borak is an historian

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