JFK, Serial Killers, and Cults: The Fall of Heroes
The rise of fear and absurdity in American society from the sixties to the era of COVID-19
Topic
History
A collection of 249 issues
The World Turned Upside Down: Tom Holland's "Dominion"
Matthew Rose at First Things
Civilizations Do Collapse
We in modern society can scarcely imagine Xenophon's feelings as he walked through the magnificent runes of the Assyrian cities.
Surely peasants in medieval Europe had the same feeling looking at Roman aqueducts and runes while they lived at a subsistence level.
For the last 500 years society
Persian Tolerance Resulted in Alexander the Great
The Persian Empire, compared to its contemporary empires, was extremely tolerant of conquered territories. It allowed states who submitted to retain their current governance as long as appropriate tribute was passed up to the King.
This lax arrangement allowed Macedonia to grow in power mostly undisturbed, eventually giving rise to
Luke as Historian
Paul Krause at VoegelinView
How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today
Peter Jones at Classics for All
Was Albert Jay Nock Like Socrates?
Nock’s Memoirs is the figurative equivalent of Socrates drinking the hemlock. But both are suicides that were necessary in light of their worldview. Nock’s Memoirs is his way of getting involved: the only way he could get involved and live true to his principles.
Why St. Patrick Matters
Or "Why You Should Appreciate Those Indian and African Priests Who Say Mass for Your Parish"
William Cobbett: Radical
Plough publishes pretty pieces. This piece about the 19th-century radical William Cobbett is the latest. It discusses the centralization of agriculture that took place in England in the early 1800s and Cobbett's resistance (which made him one of GKC's heroes; he wrote a biography about him)
Who’s Afraid of G. K. Chesterton?
By Michael Warren Davis at The Common Man (Substack)