Campus Insanity Hits High School As Teachers Protest ‘Eurocentric’ ‘Imperialism’ Of History Classes
It’s idiotic to decide who is important to study based on what their skin and hair looks like rather than our available knowledge about their civilization and its effects on the world.
What Ancient Sparta Can Teach Us About Politics Today
The elaborate social and political structure of Spartan society can teach us much about self-governance today.
Why It’s Absurd To Pretend The Enlightenment Is Responsible For Racism
There is nothing new under the sun, just different justifications for similar ideas. The Enlightenment had their own for racism, just as all ages have.
What The Holocaust Has To Do With Today’s Palestinian Conflict
Looking at the formation of the state of Israel through the lens of the Holocaust isn’t really the right way to understand it. Instead, what really matters is the postwar history.
How An American Not Named Meghan Markle Almost Became The First British Princess
Had another prince of Wales’s crush on a White House princess ended differently, the first fairy-tale royal-American wedding could have taken place two centuries ago.
Western Leaders Amplify China’s Propaganda Push For Karl Marx’s Birthday
Ideas do have consequences, and the ideas of Karl Marx are the deadliest the world has ever known. So why are we celebrating this enabler of mass murder?
Dude Ignorant Of Chinese Fashion History Unloads On Girl For Wearing Chinese Dress To Prom
If there’s really such a thing as cultural appropriation, it’s the Han Chinese women who appropriated the Qipao dress from Manchu women.
Ignorance Is The Charitable Interpretation Of David Hogg’s Book Title ‘Never Again’
There are many reasons our young people need to know history. Once, ‘never again’ meant something, and it still needs to.
Why President Trump Should Recognize The Armenian Genocide
Despite the passage of a century, the Turkish government seems to have grown more resistant to hearing that its Ottoman forebears had anything to do with the mass killings of Armenians.
Why Churchill’s Legacy As A Statesman Is Worth Revisiting
Churchill’s status as a hero who saved the western world from falling into the hands of an evil empire overshadows his accomplishments as a legislator whose reforms made Britain freer and a more equal society.
Palestinians’ Refusal To Talk Peace Stems From Their Determination To Believe Myths
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is at its core a clash of unbridgeable historical narratives, not just a dispute over land, territory, and security.
This Nazi Parade Will Help You Reassess How Bad Our Time Really Is
The horror these Polish children saw and hopelessness they felt are unfathomable to most Americans. Yet they emerged from the crucible.
Yes, Ancient Romans Really Did Practice Crucifixion
That this gruesome practice occurred cannot be doubted, as archaeological evidence confirms the ancient literature.
With These Podcasts You Can Reflect On Jesus’s Lineage In A New Way This Easter
This podcast is insightful, entertaining, and will almost certainly make you laugh. Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden examine biblical history in a delightful way.
Discover The Secret Behind Winston Churchill’s Strategic Genius
Winston Churchill’s deep understanding of British history and his love of self-government enabled him to keep the people’s interest at heart during wartime.
Without Christianity, We Wouldn’t Debate Conflicts Between Church And State
The very idea of religion being at all separate from the state is Christian in origin, and Christianity is the only religion to offer as well as create the cultural context in which separation of church and state was even possible.
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.
As A Nation, Poland Was Not Complicit In The Holocaust, And It’s Not ‘Denial’ To Say That
Saying Poles were complicit in Holocaust crimes is as inappropriate as saying that Jews were complicit. Poles and Jews were both victims of the Nazis.
No, Steven Pinker, The Enlightenment Doesn’t Pit Reason Against Faith
Steven Pinker oversimplifies the Enlightenment by claiming it pits reason against faith. In fact, the Enlightenment sprung from Christian ideas of nature.
What Our World Owes To The Ancient Greeks: Self-Rule And A Focus On The Common Good
The third Western Heritage lecture focuses on ‘the Greek miracle.’ That’s the emergence of a political form that has become common today: self-rule.
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