Juxtaposition Nation: Israel at 75
Israeli society and culture are just as seemingly contradictory as are its geography and settlement.
Category: History
Against ‘National Divorce’
So, is ‘national divorce’ a reasonable idea? Perhaps
The Urge to Purge
The Revolution always eats its own. Wokeness, identitarianism, anti-racism, progressivism – whatever label one chooses to affix – has become an integral aspect of modern politics and the academy. Universities, high schools, and extracurricular...
Against the State of the Union
A brief polemic against the most monarchical, overblown, tedious piece of political entertainment in the American system,
Outrage: To Love “A Good Hate”
In these circumstances, outrage sells even better, and it seems to be a race to the bottom in terms of stoking public anger.
The Woman King’s Historical Lies: Why They Matter
The true history behind the The Woman King-as well as the film’s failure to confront that history-are equal parts disturbing and important.
Tales of Yuletides Past
Late December, especially the 25th day of that final month, has been an important time throughout history, especially in the Western world.
Marxist – Leninist – Trumpist?
The New Right is looking a hell of a lot like the Old Left – in the worst possible ways.
The American Spirit of Gratitude
Thanksgiving is the best example of the confluence between America’s pioneering spirit and our national penchant for thankfulness.
Commemorating America’s Heroic Aviators
These are not reproductions; they are working, restored aircraft from World War II. Most have documented combat histories and have flown missions across the world.
The Millenarian Midterm
American politics is replete with apocalyptic and millenarian rhetoric. Thankfully, those who feel this way are dead wrong.
The King Over the Water
On Donald Trump, Trumpism, the failure of the Jacobites, and the folly of yoking a political movement to a lost cause.
A Scottish Vision of America
The cultural ties between the US and Scotland, including the love of freedom and liberty which manifests in the political realm, are long-lasting and omnipresent.
The 3/5th Compromise & James Madison’s Crystal Flute
“I’m Founding Father Ben Franklin, and I’ve got a friend named James Madison who wants you to make him a flute out of this mysterious crystal skull that he had stolen from some innocent BIPOC in Peru.”
The 2nd Amendment and John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones goes, “Dude, I am going to get all up in the grill of British merchant shipping in the English Channel.” He’s stoked.
Glorious Violence: How to Prepare and Deconstruct 19th Century Poverty Food
Apocryphal stories of Maine prisoners and John Adams aside, the very real fact that lobster was, until relatively recently, a poverty food.
Why Was Andrew Johnson President?
Andrew Yang, as well as the people rightfully criticizing him, should remember this context when they talk about Andrew Johnson.
Make the 1920s Great Again? A Superficially Appealing Story of The Republican Party
Rather than a return to the Republican past, Trump was a bombastic expression of existing and continued trends.
In Defense of a Useful History
The case that the invasion of Ukraine is not a historical outlier is essential for present discourse on the topic
