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
“Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” – H.L. Mencken What is civilization? It is expectation. It is shared protocol. It isn’t so much about what
Been brought down this month by Never Trumpers and Trump betrayers? Disgusted with the buyer’s remorse of fellow Republicans? Wearied by impatient, knee-jerk emotionalism of right wingers outraged by the President’ s
The educated gulf is widening. No, not the education gulf between those with college degrees and those without. I mean the type of basic knowledge that was a mainstay of anyone professing
Editor’s Note: This is a fascinating discussion about intelligence. Dr. Jordan B. Peterson talks with Dr. Richard Haier about it, and they cover some important material. This is worth noting, as we
By now, you have probably seen the reports about Hillary Clinton, at least when she was not falling down repeatedly, saying that women caused her to lose the 2016 Presidential election, because
Not all of us at the Men of the West are gamers, especially pen-and-paper roleplaying gamers, and I’d wager most of our stalwart readership isn’t, either. Bear with me for minute. Dungeons
As I mentioned previously, I have been reading through Richard M. Weaver‘s Ideas Have Consequences, and realized that it brings up some worthy topics for discussion, namely the role of truth in a
In a future set of articles, I intend to discuss Richard Weaver‘s views on the role that ideas play in society. His most famous work, Ideas Have Consequences, deals with this issue. I
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