Balding multimillionaire leftist Peter FitzSimons, who is as much a historian as the Fifty Shades books are great literature, recently had quite the dummy-spit over Australia’s Freedom protesters adopting the Eureka flag. With his characteristic grasp of historical fact, FitzSimons blustered that the protesters “know nothing of Eureka”
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The bi-yearly honours list invariably invites controversy with some recipients deemed to be unworthy. It’s going on in Britain now with massive outrage over Tony Blair’s knighthood, understandably in his case. Nigh on a million signatures have been garnered for a petition
I must admit that I haven’t watched the Joe Rogan/Robert Malone podcast (I’ve barely watched Rogan at all, in fact), but that hasn’t stopped me noticing one of the biggest take-homes most people seem to have gleaned from it: “mass formation psychosis” (MFP). Malone, stepping
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Jared McBrady brownstone.org Jared McBrady is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at SUNY Cortland. In my teaching, I prepare undergraduate students to become high school history teachers. In one course, teacher candidates prepare and deliver mock lessons. Their peers play the role of high school students, and
Alisa Freedman University of Oregon Alisa Freedman is a Professor of Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender at the University of Oregon and Editor-in-Chief of the U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal. See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think of dorm
J M White My grandfather William, aged 9, arrived in Port Chalmers on board the clipper ship Peter Denny on 3 September 1873. With him were his three siblings: two-year-old Jessie, his brother Adam, aged 7, and his older sister Alison aged 11. Seven children died from dysentery
Christian Cooijmans University of Liverpool Chris is a research fellow at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on the reach and repercussions of Viking movement across the Frankish realm. For many years, archaeologists and historians have provided an increasingly informed insight into the dynamic world of the Vikings, chipping
Alexander McRae If you are familiar with Jordan Peterson then you would have heard of the book Ordinary Men. It is about the 101 Battalion Reserve Police during 1943 in Poland written by Christopher R. Browning. The book has been on my list for a long time but I felt
Democracy Action democracyaction.org.nz Recently we interviewed Dr. John Robinson, former university lecturer, and research scientist and prolific author of books about the historical development of New Zealand. Here he tells us what inspires him to search for the truth. DA: Where did you come from? JR: I grew
**This article has been republished. It is one of the most popular articles from 2021. Following World War I, fascism evolved in Europe as a political and economic system. Extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, and a state-run economy are its three main traits. Indeed, in terms of economics, fascism is primarily
There’s a good reason Karl Popper titled the first volume of his magnum opus against authoritarianism, The Spell of Plato. For millennia, much of the Western mind has been in thrall to Plato: for better, or more often, for much, much worse. Plato was one of the giants of
Joe Perry Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator on the cross”
William Keylor Boston University The Christmas Truce is no stranger to popular entertainment – this year more than any other as its 100th anniversary is marked. The famous moment when British and German soldiers climbed out of the trenches in peace on Christmas Day 1914 has been replicated and ruminated upon
Thomas Adam University of Arkansas Thomas Adam, PhD, is an associate professor of international and global studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arkansas. He also serves as associate director of the International and Global Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. Each season, the celebration
William Norman Grigg (1963-2017) was Managing Editor of the Libertarian Institute and an award-winning investigative journalist and author. He was the author of five books, most recently Liberty in Eclipse: The War on Terror and the Rise of the Homeland Security State. Mr. Grigg wrote and published the
