Ohne jene Kunst würden wir Nichts als Vordergrund sein und ganz und gar im Banne jener Optik leben, welche das Nächste und Gemeinste als ungeheuer gross und als die Wirklichkeit an sich erscheinen läs… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
Rome was an empty and broken city in 1341. The popes had fled to France where the castles weren’t crumbling, and families weren’t holding grudges against them. Its population had dwindled to a mere… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
Reporting in The Diplomat, Katja Drinhausen, the head of the Politics and Society Program at the Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, notes that the implementation of China’s Hong Kong National Sec… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…
For two weeks, in my Humanities course at Thales College, we will be reading most of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, an unsurpassed analysis of the American system of government and the American c… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
Sixty years ago, James Burnham’s book Suicide of the West was published to much acclaim from conservatives and much criticism by liberals. It was Burnham’s last book (other than a collection of his Na… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City has issued its first “trigger warning” for Puccini’s 1926 opera, Turandot, which takes place in ancient Peking, China. Here’s the full warning, written by… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited…
When we think of Rome in the ancient world, we tend to think of the massive military empire that eventually stretched across three continents. We think of the Senate, Julius Caesar, and Brutus. Wha… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
If you tour the magnificent Blenheim Palace, you will see the room where 150 years ago Winston Churchill was born — Nov. 30, 1874. A short distance from the palace is the very modest Bladon churchyard… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling…
The unworthy heirs of the English Common Law tradition in Ontario decided that it was appropriate to revoke Jordan Peterson’s license to practice psychology. His sin was voicing political and cultural… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…