Were Americans Really Better off During the Great Depression?
In the ever-evolving world of social media trends, TikTok has seen its fair share of fascinating and sometimes perplexing content. Lately, a concerning trend has emerged where some TikTokers are...
View ArticleOf Course, I Think About the Roman Empire Daily. You Don’t?
Last week, my wife asked me, “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” Her question didn’t come out of nowhere. TikTok might be a minefield of Chinese cyberthreats, but it has birthed a trend in...
View ArticleSix Inspiring Portrayals in Movies and TV of US Presidents
As the 2024 presidential election looms in the distance, with the debate season already in high gear, it is once again that time for the American people to reflect on what truly matters to them in a...
View ArticlePublius Rutilius Rufus: Rome’s ‘Last Honest Man’
Banished for debasing the currency from his home city in what is now north-central Turkey, Diogenes of Sinope chose to beg in the streets of Corinth and Athens, live in a clay jar, and eschew wealth of...
View ArticleMoney Talks: The Agenda Behind the American Women Quarters Program
Nina Otero-Warren. Anna May Wong. Edith Kanaka‘ole. Jovita Idar. Zitkala-Ša. Dr. Pauli Murray. Celia Cruz. Ask any American to identify these women—Murray was “perceived” as a woman—and unless that...
View ArticleFrom Time Immemorial: Questions and Answers About the Israeli-Palestinian...
Over the weekend, the world was shocked by news of the Hamas attack on Israel, with a massacre against partygoers, brutal house-to-house killings and kidnappings, and the deaths of at least 22...
View ArticleGun Control Advocates Ignore What the Founding Fathers Really Thought
In all my years of existence, the Second Amendment of our Constitution has always been considered controversial. Opponents claim it is the cause of gun violence. Proponents assert that it helps...
View ArticleGeorge Washington’s Thanksgiving Message: What A Different Era
Thanksgiving is a quintessential American holiday. It is a holiday that in many ways requires some sense of the supernatural – whether we care to acknowledge it or not. Below you will find our first...
View ArticleWhy Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians
Cicero said history “casts light on reality and is a guide to life.” The wisdom gained by understanding the past helps prevent the same errors from being repeated. Sebastian Haffner pursued answers to...
View ArticleCancel Culture Canceled in London: The Failed Smear Against Horatio Nelson
If you’ve ever visited London, you most likely noticed Nelson’s Column, the majestic monument to Britain’s greatest naval hero. It resides in Trafalgar Square, a short walk from Parliament. If you’ve...
View ArticleHenry Ford’s Pro-Family Initiative That Rocked the World
One hundred and ten years ago this week, a Motor City magnate put his money where his mouth was. On 5 January 1914, Ford Motor Company doubled the wages of employees to $5.00 per day, incentivising...
View ArticleThe Musical Heroism of Guido d’Arezzo
Of all living things, only humans seem to have the drive and capacity for documentation, record-keeping, and writing for the purposes of porting information and wisdom to others with the hope of...
View ArticleMr. Jones and the Soviet Lie
The socialist experiment in Russia during the twentieth century was more than a failed attempt at central planning. The Soviet experience was a lie — a crumbling façade — that required routine...
View ArticleWar Is Not Just a Western Notion
It is well that war is so terrible; otherwise, we should grow too fond of it. – Robert E. Lee “Wars and rumors of wars,” to borrow a well-known Biblical phrase from Matthew 24, seem all too commonplace...
View ArticleThe Dead Will Have Their Say
In his classic work Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton penned these profound words about tradition: Tradition is only democracy extended through time. … Tradition may be defined as an extension of the...
View ArticleLessons in Humanity From Prehistoric People
In ancient cultures some children were born with Down syndrome and other genetic disorders. But our prehistoric forebears treated them with great respect. This is the conclusion reached by an...
View ArticleSamurai Who Weren’t Japanese
Many Americans owe their knowledge of Japanese samurai to filmmakers. Renowned for their discipline and courage, the samurai were the military nobility from the 12th century until the abolition of...
View ArticleThe Secret Purpose of Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’
The most common view today of 15th-century Florentine philosopher-statesman Niccolò Machiavelli is that he was evil. Dubbed the founder of modern political philosophy, his evil reputation comes from...
View Article‘The Zone of Interest’ in Forgiveness
The Zone of Interest won two Oscars this year. It is a highly stylized dissection of the character of Rudolph Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz. In his cozy home, with a wall separating his family from...
View ArticleOn the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past
For my birthday this year, one of my sons gave me an unexpected gift. The brown box, rectangular and less than 2 inches wide, contained another slightly smaller box, black and classy, which in turn...
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