literature-2
Throwback Thursday — “Children of Chaucer, Subjects of Shakespeare, Heirs of Milton”

Nowadays there is a growing consensus that the great American Melting Pot has had a hole b...

higher-education
Throwback Thursday — “In the Hope of Escaping the Miracle”

Despite decades of instruction (some would say "indoctrination") in America's government-r...

manners-and-morals
Throwback Thursday – “A Seasonable Plea for the Liberty of Conscience”

The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the mid-18th century it wasn't jus...

philosophy
Throwback Thursday — “Where Mohammed Was Born No Christian Dares to Enter”

Thanks to fanatical groups like ISIS (or ISIL), much of the Middle East has become a free-...

theamericanculture
Throwback Thursday – Henry Ford, Failed Prophet

In the early part of the 20th century, technocracy and technocratic thinking, while relati...

culture101
The Gay Marriage Decision

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has declared same-sex marriage to be legal ...

books
Throwback Thursday: Was Charles Dickens a Socialist?

Not on your life, asseverated G. K. Chesterton, as noted in a Literary Digest article ("Di...

religion
Throwback Thursday: A New Edition of NAZI OAKS

Mark Musser has just updated his classic work on the origins of modern "environmentalism...

culture101
Throwback Thursday – Does Size Alone Really Matter?

Those of you reading this who are not native-born Americans and who are therefore able to ...

literature-2
Throwback Thursday — Writing in Books

Do you write comments in the margins or the covers of your books? If you do, according to ...

fiction1
Mark Twain’s Caustic Satire

Satire, like every other rhetorical device developed over the centuries, can serve a usefu...

fiction1
Throwback Thursday: Getting Real—An American Critic’s Take on the Argument Over Realism and Romance

It often comes up: What kind of fiction do you like to read? Do you like your stories as r...

humor-2
Throwback Thursday: Wit—The Universal and the Uniquely American

In the half-century following the Civil War, the American culture curdled, coalesced, and ...

religion
Throwback Thursday: A Century of Western Self-Delusion About Islam

In the runup to the horrors of the First World War, social turmoil seemed to be the (dis)...

culture-and-economics
Throwback Thursday: ‘Prepare for Socialism’ – A Hundred Years Ago, It Was Inevitable

Of all of the naive secular utopian schemes for organizing society — and there have been...

culture101
‘American Style in American Fiction’: It’s Unique and in Many Ways Superior

It might be a pointless exercise to compare the literatures of two nations separated by mo...

culture101
1950s’ ‘War of the Worlds’—A Model Science-Fiction Film

The 1950s film version of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds is the best version of al...

books
Holmes for the Holidays: Sherlock in Pastiche

THE ADVENTURE OF THE PLATED SPOON AND OTHER TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — Edited by Loren D...

television
And the Loser Is . . .

Don't get me wrong: I enjoy the Arrow TV series—at least when the characters aren't wall...

books
An Excellent Resource for Mystery Aficionados

(GIVE ME THAT) OLD-TIME DETECTION - Summer 2014 - Issue #36 - Old-Time Detection Special...

books
Book Review: ‘Night Call and Other Stories of Suspense’

NIGHT CALL AND OTHER STORIES OF SUSPENSE - By Charlotte Armstrong (1905-69) - Edited by R...

books
Fifteen Impossibilities: A Book Review

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE: Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne — By Edward D. Hoch — Int...

art
One Path to a Renaissance

FROM THE FOUNTAINHEAD TO THE FUTURE, AND OTHER ESSAYS ON ART AND EXCELLENCE — By Alexan...

religion
“Blood and Soil”: Making the World Greener for National Socialism

NAZI OAKS: THE GREEN SACRIFICE OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW IN THE HOLOCAUST — By R....

books
‘Chas’ Novel Explores Dependence on Technology, Family

CHAS: FORESHADOWING DESTINY — By Mike Arthur — Novel — Westbow Press — 2013 — T...

education
Divided by a Common Language — Thoughts From a Century Ago

Even before the colonies split away from England, the British tended to treat America as s...

philosophy
Book Review: ‘Wrath or Rest’

WRATH OR REST: SAINTS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD — By R. Mark Musser — Advantage Ins...

uncategorized
Book Review: ‘Thy Will Be Done’

THY WILL BE DONE: WHEN ALL NATIONS CALL GOD BLESSED — By Ronald W. Kirk — Nordskog Pub...

uncategorized
We Have a Winner!

João Cerqueira informs us that his novel The Tragedy of Fidel Castro has won THE USA BEST...

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“With Just a Dash of Tumult and Panache”: Russell Kirk’s Fiction

Russell Kirk is most well known for his political writings, but, like most of us, he had b...

uncategorized
Thoughts from a Century Ago: “A Word for Autumn”

The anonymous author of this piece muses on the season he thinks isn't really appreciated ...

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Thoughts from a Century Ago: “The American Spirit”

Here we have an Englishman, Arthur C. Benson, a Cambridge college master, assessing Americ...

uncategorized
Football Fatalities and the Progressive Era

Sometimes sports can reflect the temper of the times. A 16th-century eyewitness to footba...