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Eurocentrism, or How Europe Saved Humanity
With the rise of political correctness, and the notions that diversity means that all cultures are the same, and should be respected as equals came the idea that too much focus on one’s own culture showed an excess of pride; … Continue reading
Hot Times at Hazel Grove: The Federal Third Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville
HOT TIME AT HAZEL GROVE: THE FEDERAL THIRD CORPS AT THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, MAY 1-3, 1863 By Steve Haas May 1, 1863 saw start of the Spring campaign in the Eastern theater of the Civil War. The Federal Army … Continue reading
Rational Anarchism
In his 1966 novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, science-fiction Grand Master Robert A. Heinlein relates how the inhabitants of a colony on the moon carry out a revolution with the aid of a self-aware computer.. During a discussion … Continue reading
The Strange Death of Boston Corbett
This story is from “the Real Wild West, The Creation of the American West,” by Michael Wallis. Read this to the end; it has a shocking, surprise ending (it isn’t what you think it is). The Booth legend that persisted … Continue reading
Oak Island and the Templar Treasure
Getting away from politics, for a bit, some of you might remember the part that Rosslyn Chapel played in the book ‘The DaVinci Code.” I have been reading as much as I can, lately, about the Knights Templar, and that has brought … Continue reading
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Physics vs. Metaphysics
There was a time when there was no conflict between science and religion in the popular mind of the West. It was accepted, at least on the surface, by everyone that the Universe was created by and ruled by God(s), … Continue reading
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THE UTILITY OF WAR
Victor Davis Hanson Military History Quarterly, Winter, 2003 In the thirty years since the American defeat in Vietnam, an array of anti-war catch phrases has permeated our popular culture: “Violence only breeds violence”; “Make love, not war”: “War never solved … Continue reading
Sarah Palin, the Anti-Feminist Feminist
Sarah Palin makes me sick. I hate that she was able to steal Barack Obama’s mojo just by showing up wearing rimless glasses and a skirt. I hate that she makes Joe Biden look like John McCain and John McCain … Continue reading
Copperhead Democrats Then and Now
By Spring of 1864, the American Civil War seemed to be going no place to many of the American people. The Federal government had undergone a sting of tragic defeats and pyrrhic victories and to the average citizen, the war … Continue reading
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Death and Dying
My mother’s 85th birthday was last week, and I traveled the 1500 miles home to celebrate with her; my mother is one of my best friends. We laugh a lot, together, enjoy each other’s company, and enjoy our intelligent conversations…and … Continue reading
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