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

"Soldier Boy" by Michael Shaara (Part 2)

January 26, 2019

Editor’s note: The following short story was published in Galaxy Science Fiction (July 1953). (Continued from Part 1) When Three did not answer, Rossel was nervously gazing at the snow, thinking of

Art·Culture·Film

Friday Music: Parade of the Charioteers (Ben-Hur)

January 25, 2019

Culture·Literature

"Soldier Boy" by Michael Shaara (Part 1)

January 24, 2019

Editor’s note: The following short story was published in Galaxy Science Fiction (July 1953). In the northland, deep, and in a great cave, by an everburning fire the Warrior sleeps. For this

Culture·Enemies·History·Literature·Nationalism·Politics

Soldier of the Night

January 23, 2019

Two decades before America’s ordeal in Vietnam, the Netherlands waged its own doomed Southeast Asian war in the vast archipelago of the Dutch East Indies. This conflict, the Indonesian War of Independence,

Religion

The Gospel of Luke: An Exposition (Luke 3:21-22)

January 22, 2019

Editor’s note: The following comprises the third chapter, second part, of The Gospel of Luke: An Exposition, by Charles R. Erdman (published 1936). All spelling in the original. B. The Baptism

Culture·History

Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth

January 19, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America, by Charles L. Johnston (published 1917). All spelling in the original. Once there lived in the island of Porto

Art·Culture

Friday Music: To Jupiter and Back

January 18, 2019

Religion

The Gospel of Luke: An Exposition (Luke 3:1-20)

January 17, 2019

Editor’s note: The following comprises the third chapter, first part, of The Gospel of Luke: An Exposition, by Charles R. Erdman (published 1936). All spelling in the original. III. The Preparation

Culture·History·Literature

The Raid of Cilliechriost

January 16, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands, compiled by Alexander MacKenzie (published 1878). All spelling in the original. The ancient Chapel of Cilliechriost, in the

History·Nationalism

The Battle of the Baltic (1801)

January 15, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Deeds That Won the Empire, by W. H. Fitchett (published 1897). All spelling in the original. “Let us think of them that sleep Full many

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