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April 26, 2017

The Cost of Desegregation

We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a

June 4, 2019

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 of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

November 4, 2020

A Sham “Election Day”

Culture·History

Book Review – "Living With the Dead in the Middle Ages"

December 9, 2016

Geary, Patrick J. 1994. Living With The Dead In The Middle Ages. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. What Is This Book About? Geary has produced a compilation centered on how the living and

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Trump's America: 30 Days In

December 8, 2016

One month ago today, safe spaces were destroyed, butts were hurt, and the California drought ended because of the flood of liberal tears. Donald Trump, the man they said couldn’t win, the

History

A Day Which Will Live In Infamy

December 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: We at Men of the West will rarely look to FDR without acrimony, but on this day, December 7, it is fitting that we remember the attack on Pearl Harbor,

History·Religion

St. Nicholas – the True Story

December 6, 2016

St. Nicholas was born in the year 270 AD to wealthy parents. He was very involved in the Church at an early age and always observed the Wednesday and Friday fasts. His

History·Philosophy·Politics

Thomas Paine – American Crisis

December 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: in the following paragraphs, we present the first beginning of one of Thomas Paine’s most famous essays, wherein he describes the situation in America as he saw it at the

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Book Review – "The Dead Hand"

December 5, 2016

The Dead Hand. David E. Hoffman. New York: Doubleday, 2009. 575 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-385-52437-7 David Hoffman’s chilling narrative of the arms race between the Soviet Union and The United States presents

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Second Sunday of Advent

December 4, 2016

Isaiah 11:1-10 The Righteous Reign of the Branch There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of

Culture·History

Victorian Era Propaganda

December 3, 2016

As the Victorian Age drew to a close and the Edwardian period began, the British Empire found that ties to colonial dominions were weaker than they had been (James, p. 319). The

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Analysis of "America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2006"

November 30, 2016

How and When Did the Cold War Begin? It is commonly accepted that the Cold War began soon after World War II ended, as the capitalist United States (US) and the communist

History

Poles Vs Germans: The Battle of Wizna

November 29, 2016

When the Germans rolled into Poland with over 40,000 troops, they were expecting little resistance from the Poles. What they got instead was the Polish Thermopylae. The Polish army had been building

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