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January 13, 2017

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon

by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily

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

September 22, 2018

Bryce's "The Holy Roman Empire" (Part 15)

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Video: How Should We Then Live – Part 6

September 1, 2017

Culture·Literature·Politics

White Privilege?

August 30, 2017

There has been a lot of discussion over the last few years regarding the idea of “white privilege” and especially “white male privilege.” It has always been a topic that vexed me

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Video: How Then Should We Live? – Part 5

August 25, 2017

Literature·Philosophy

Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

August 5, 2017

Memento Mori. This modern world seeks to extend adolescence until the coffin lid closes. We treat aging and dying like some sort of horrible disease that can be avoided by ignoring it.

Literature

"Ode To A Nightingale" by John Keats

July 17, 2017

The Romantics weren’t without their flaws, to be sure, but not all their works were mushy pap. Keats, out of all the Romantics, heard, if ever so faintly, the softly blowing horns

Culture·Literature

The Land We Love

July 13, 2017

Editor’s Note: Abram Joseph Ryan, called “The Poet-Priest of the South,” was a Catholic priest and supporter of the Confederate States of America. He spent a portion of the war as a

History·Literature

Book Review: The Fourth Turning

July 8, 2017

Is our culture falling apart right on time? Sometime around the year 2005, perhaps a few years before or after, America will enter the Fourth Turning… a spark will ignite a new

Culture·Literature

“The Gods of the Copybook Headings” by Rudyard Kipling

July 8, 2017

Editor’s Note: Yes, we have posted this poem before, but it is that good. Here, Boethius also provides a little commentary. We quote Kipling a lot around here. His piercing vision was

History·Literature

"The Qualities of the Dog" by Pliny the Elder

July 6, 2017

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from The Best of the World’s Classics, edited by Henry Cabot Lodge (published 1909). Among the animals that are domesticated with mankind there are many circumstances

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The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

June 26, 2017

C.S. Lewis was a Christian powerhouse. He turned his intellectual and mental gifts to the defense and explanation of Christianity like few before or since. The Abolition of Man is one of

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