PGMantel

Raised in a home filled with books on Western civilization, P.G. Mantel became a lover of history at an early age. An amateur writer of verse, he makes himself useful as an editor for Men of the West.

June 4, 2019

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism·Religion

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) It was the attempt of the Oriental Persian Empire to conquer the Aegean basin which engaged the Homeric genius of Herodotus; Thucydides

December 19, 2018

Where is the Leadership? A Gen Xer Answers a Millennial

December 4, 2020

Friday Music: Bubba Ho-Tep

Culture·Literature

Humor and Pathos: Chesterton on “The Pickwick Papers”

February 11, 2021

Pickwick is in Dickens’s career the mere mass of light before the creation of sun or moon. It is the splendid, shapeless substance of which all his stars were ultimately made.

Culture·Enemies·Literature·Nationalism·Politics

The Farmer and the Fox

February 9, 2021

A farmer, whose poultry-yard had suffered severely from the foxes, succeeded at last in catching one in a trap. "Ah, you rascal!" said he, as he saw him struggling, "I'll teach you

Culture·History·Nationalism

Shorty Pays a Debt

February 8, 2021

Greater love hath no man than this....

Religion

Sermon: Friendship; Or David and Jonathan

February 7, 2021

The name of Jonathan will remain for ever as the perfect pattern of friendship.

Religion

Hymn: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

February 7, 2021

Culture·Family·History·Nationalism·Religion

Al Schinz: The Robinson Crusoe of MiG Alley

February 6, 2021

“Men, there is one thing that saved me, and that was God." An Air Force survival story of courage and faith.

Culture·Enemies·Religion

Cutting Through the Crap

February 5, 2021

A fitting answer to the moronic, insidious "COEXIST" bumper sticker.

Art·Culture

Friday Music: Mr. Blue Sky (Postmodern Jukebox)

February 5, 2021

Culture·Firearms·History

One Night in San Antone: Ben Thompson (Part 2)

February 4, 2021

In the period now beginning, Ben drank more heavily than ever. He became a common nuisance to both his friends and his enemies; particularly perhaps, to his friends. Even his most indulgent

Culture·Firearms·History

One Night in San Antone: Ben Thompson (Part 1)

February 3, 2021

"Ben Thompson...was variously printer, Confederate soldier, professional gambler, peace officer, and a gunslinger second to none that Texas has ever produced."

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