Pushing Back Against APUSH and Leaning on Teachers
A recent move by the Oklahoma State Legislature to ban the United States History Advanced Placement course and exam (APUSH) has been met with equal measures of praise and derision. On the one hand,...
View ArticleDon’t Make This Mistake When Redeeming the Crusades
I appreciate the recent efforts by scholars, enthusiasts, and Christians in general, to reorient how we understand the Crusades. From pieces at Patheos, to older features from First Things, to...
View Article3 Ways America Is Older Than You Think
Robert Reilly from the American Foreign Policy Council shows how America’s roots go deep, and how her founding was based on the realities that help us live our freedoms to the full. What do you think...
View ArticleAre European Churches Museums or Ruins?
Image by Holger Schue via Pixabay. I’m currently living in Freiburg, Germany, so just a few days ago, I traveled to Cologne to watch the United States men’s soccer team play a match against the...
View ArticleThe Conservative Hero You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The following is an excerpt from Garland S. Tucker III’s new book, Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan, which is available for 30% off as ISI’s Book of...
View ArticleThe Problem With Being Too “Present”
Image by Ryan McGuire via Pixabay. Right now, at this moment, you and I are part of what will soon be history to the people yet unborn. More than that, we are actively shaping their present. My...
View ArticleRemove a Statue, Remove a Side of History
Image by Jorge Guillen via Pixabay. In his essay, “Faithless Colleges,” Pat Buchanan points to St. Louis University’s willingness to remove an historic statue, and the potential for Harriet Tubman to...
View Article10 Things Progressives Owe to Western Civilization
Image by Unsplash via Pixabay. Among academics, the term “Western civilization,” once totemic, has grown impolite. To use it without sneer or smirk can rouse suspicions of Eurocentrism or even bigotry....
View ArticleWhy Goldwater Ran
The following is an excerpt from Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution (Regnery), now available in a new paperback edition. Barry Goldwater, an ardent and popular conservative, knew that, by 1963,...
View ArticleAre We All German Now?
Image via Wikipedia. The following is adapted from the essay “Are We All German Now?,” which was originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Modern Age. We like to think of Jefferson drafting the...
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