The ancient Greek statesman and historian, Polybius, offered a penetrating prediction about what was in store for the Roman Republic once it attained absolute supremacy.
His prediction turned out to be accurate, which makes it as relevant today as it was 2,200 years ago.
Read MoreThis warning from an ancient Roman Senator on how the Roman Republic destroyed itself should be taken seriously by those of us who love the American Republic.
Read MoreThe first lesson of understanding why nations collapse is this: study history.
Read MoreIn these days of shut-down economies, massive government aid to a majority of the population, and the propping up of institutions and corporations by a central bank and government, it is perhaps necessary to ponder this prophecy by one of the grandfathers of Soviet Communism, Leon Trotsky, about how America would spearhead the advance of Communism in the future…
Read MoreToday, 75 years ago, Allied armies stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to begin the final liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny…May we in the West today become worthy of our ancestors. Because right now—we are not.
Read MoreJefferson’s advice to his young namesake wasn’t merely practical and wise. Rather, it was infused with profound religious sentiments, many drawn directly from the pages of the Bible.
Read MoreGoebbels mocked the idea that the Old Testament curses of Yahweh against the enemies of the Jewish people were of any concern…But not even six years later, the “Thousand Year Reich” was in the ash heap of history, and the State of Israel was reborn as the national home of the Jewish people after their nearly 2,000 years of exile from the Land of Israel.
Read MoreIn 1908, the young Winston Churchill offered a witty retort to the socialist presumption to be “Christian.”
Read MoreHas the real Mount Sinai been found? Unprecedented footage of a previously sealed-off mountain in Saudi Arabia presents provocative evidence that it has.
Read More“All you freedom-loving “left-wing” thinkers in the West! You left laborites! You progressive American, German, and French students! As far as you are concerned, none of this amounts to much. As far as you are concerned, this whole book of mine is a waste of effort. You may suddenly understand it all someday—but only when you yourselves hear “hands behind your backs there!” and step ashore on our Archipelago.”
Read MoreToday—April 15, 2019—will go down in history as the Day We All Knew—knew that whatever we were, whatever it was that gave our civilization its life, its ingenuity, its glory, is gone.
Read MoreIbn Khaldûn isn’t exactly a household name—but he should be, especially for conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarian…In short, Khaldûn believed that low taxes helped build civilization, and high taxes helped destroy civilization. Not only that, but he observed that lower taxes tended to bring in more revenue, while higher taxes tended to bring in less revenue.
Read MoreLet March 24, 2019, the day on which Attorney General Barr finally put another anti-reason hysteria to death. It was a good day.
Happy No Collusion Day!
Read MoreI recently ran upon a fascinating and powerful story from America’s antebellum days. It’s related to this portrait of a beautiful African girl—a young woman who grew up a slave, but through providential circumstances won her freedom.
Read MoreI recently discovered an extremely fascinating historical event I had never heard about: apparently, there was a serious attempt to rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed in AD 70. Not only that, but the attempt was thwarted by an odd series of seemingly cataclysmic events: fire burst forth from the foundations, along with a great earthquake, preventing the workers from completing their work. The project was abandoned. Some accounts include assertions that the sign of the cross appeared in the sky, as well as on the garments of the workers.
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