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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”

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What Is Black And White And Red All Over?

August 6, 2018

If you grew up like me, you heard that riddle when you were small and didn’t really get it. The answer, of course, is the Newspaper. And it alludes to the fact

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"The Shop of Ghosts" by G.K. Chesterton

August 6, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from Tremendous Trifles, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1909). All spelling in the original. Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe

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"The Age of the Crusades," by G.K. Chesterton

August 4, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from A Short History of England, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1917). The last chapter began, in an apparent irrelevance, with the name of St.

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Friday Music: Men of Harlech

July 27, 2018

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“The Harp of Alfred” by G.K. Chesterton

July 26, 2018

Editor’s note: The following verses (Book III) are excerpted from The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1911). This fictional confrontation in song between heathenism and Christianity, set in

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The Anglo-Dutch Wars (Part 4)

July 23, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from A History of Sea Power, by William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott (published 1920). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 3) The Third

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The Anglo-Dutch Wars (Part 3)

July 21, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from A History of Sea Power, by William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott (published 1920). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 2) The Second