The Making of History
by Mark BauerleinJared Knott joins the podcast to discuss his book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World. Continue Reading »
The View from Vienna
by Ari BermanWhen we saw Ukrainians forced to pack their bags and flee their country, we knew it was time to pack our own bags and go where we were needed. Continue Reading »
Ethiopia in Biblical History
by Peter J. LeithartEvery time you see Ethiopia is still on the map, you’re seeing real-world proof of the faithfulness of God. Continue Reading »
Magdalena of Austria
by Eduard HabsburgI recently learned that Blessed Emperor Karl is not the only Habsburg on the path to sainthood; we also have a sixteenth-century archduchess who is Venerable. Continue Reading »
At Lenin's Tomb
by Eugene VodolazkinHistory, to the modern mind, has a goal and follows the path of progress, so that new becomes identified with better. It was on this basis that, a century ago in Russia, communist belief seized the moment. Typically for the progressive tradition, the word “new” acquired a magical . . . . Continue Reading »
The End of the End of the End
by Sam KrissAbout a decade ago, I would go to a party, get drunk off the kind of alcohol that’s sold in plastic bottles, snort up some dubious research chemicals, and then discover to my horror that I’d just spent the last hour talking to a complete stranger at a high clip about the labor theory of value. I . . . . Continue Reading »
On Wisdom-Lord-Worship
by Sohrab AhmariIranian rule has come to an end in the country of Iran!” So declared Persia’s chief Zoroastrian priest, Adurbad-i Emedan, roughly a thousand years ago. Arab armies flying the banner of Allah had checkmated the Sasanian dynasty four centuries earlier. In a.d. 651, the last Sasanian monarch, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Claims of Memory
by Wilfred M. McClayI write in defense of memory. Not Memory in her gaudy mythological form, the Titan goddess Mnemosyne, mother of the nine Muses—but memory as the glue that holds our lives together and imposes order and continuity amid the blooming buzzing confusion of sensations, thoughts, and activities that . . . . Continue Reading »
How to Be on the Right Side of History
by James HankinsMaybe, just maybe, in the future of America there lies not some woke utopia but a Renaissance of the Western tradition. Continue Reading »
The Grandfather’s Vocation
by Peter J. LeithartBy leaving an imprint on our grandkids, we throw a line to generations we’ll never live to see. To be a grandparent is to build a bridge of hope from the past into the future. Continue Reading »
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