Trump Signs Executive Order Cementing Classical Architecture As The Default Style For Federal Buildings
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Friday, released on Monday, mandating new federal buildings be constructed using classical Read Full Article >
Netflix’s ‘Barbarians’ Is A Sad Reflection Of Our Decaying Times
One can enjoy Netflix’s ‘Barbarians’ for its cinematic beauty — as long as one isn’t too nitpicky or a historian haunted by troubling parallels.
History Shows That Big, Beautiful Border Walls Work Extremely Well
From the Trojan Wall to Hadrian’s Wall to the Great Wall of China to the Servian Wall, walls are pretty good at keeping people out as well as in.
5 Similarities Between Ancient Rome’s Decline And Today’s United States
While my mind says Charles Murray is right that the United States has hit its zenith and is on the decline like Rome, my heart won’t take that answer.
What The Battle Of Actium 2,000 Years Ago Can Teach Us About The Fragility Of A Republic
A cursory scroll through one’s newsfeed is sufficient proof that events from two millennia ago, just as those from two centuries ago, still have much insight to offer us.
What Shakespeare’s Roman Plays Teach Us About Modern Politics
Professor Paul Cantor places Shakespeare’s works as central to his analyses of pop culture, philosophy, and ancient history.
As Britain Exits, European Leaders Nervously Insist EU Is ‘Undivided And Indivisible’
The ‘unity summit’ in Rome was aimed at more than merely commemorating the EU’s 60th anniversary. Member states used the occasion to try to reenergize its mission.
4 Core American Principles That Can Rejuvenate Our Country
It will take more than walls and jobs to ‘make America great again.’ We need to return to the philosophies that undergirded the American founding.
The Achilles Heel In Ancient Sparta’s Grand Strategy For World Domination
The grand strategy the Lacedaemonians gradually articulated in defense of the way of life they so cherished was all-encompassing, as successful grand strategies often are.
Pope Francis Would Make A Lot More Sense If Everyone Remembered He’s A Jesuit
Francis’ unorthodoxy shouldn’t have been surprising. He’s a dyed-in-the-wool Jesuit who came of age in the post-Vatican II world.
The Real Threat To America Is Not Immigrants, But Ourselves
Immigrants aren’t the ones voting themselves a welfare state that will destroy us. We are.
No, America Is Not Collapsing Like The Roman Empire Did
America’s republic has not disintegrated into an empire, but into a monarchy.
America’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated
Are there severe problems with the American republic? Yes. Is it lost or irrevocable? No.
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