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
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
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
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from The World’s Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents, by George Barton (published 1917). That brilliant writer, Gilbert Chesterton, in one of his paradoxical essays
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Men of Ancient Times, by S. G. Goodrich (published 1843). All spelling in the original. This individual, whose “Morals” are so familiar to us,
Editor’s note: G. K. Chesterton’s poem Lepanto (1911), celebrating the great 16th century naval victory of the Holy League over the Ottoman Turks, is a work exuberantly Catholic and dense with historical
Editor’s Note: The following is extracted from Famous Sea Fights from Salamis to Tsu-Shima, by John Richard Hale (published 1911). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 1) At sunrise the
Editor’s Note: The following is extracted from Famous Sea Fights from Salamis to Tsu-Shima, by John Richard Hale (published 1911). All spelling in the original. The Turk has long been known as
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from First and Last, by Hilaire Belloc (published 1911). All spelling in the original. There are some truths which seem to get old almost as soon
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President Trump’s announcement that the United States will pull out of Syria and the resulting resignation of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis gives us an opportunity to look into an issue that
Editor’s Note: Our buddy, Adam Piggott, the Gentleman Adventurer, has shared another of his posts with us, as it relates to a recurring topic we have covered. You can visit his page
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