“Rome is an empire, so it was built and maintained by force.” Critics of empire, although acknowledging its benefits, also often bring up this point. Such judgement is, however, erroneous because it fails to take into account the reality of history, that people understand a situation ... More
Will Durant, in his History of Civilization, remarked that when Luther and the other Protestant groups broke from Rome, it was as if the German peoples had thrown off Rome’s hegemony a second time–the first being the taking over of the Western Roman Empire. This remark is ... More
“First, did America ever consider itself a Judeo-Christian nation? Secondly, if it did, what was the moment or event in which it ceased to do so?” This is the question Rep. Forbes asked in the US Congress following a remark of President Obama while on visit in Turkey, in which he said ... More
We often lament about the disappearance of culture in the West. The opera has been replaced by cheap, mass-produced Hollywood movies, classical music is often scorned among the younger generations, while art has become more a form of self-expression, if not a psychological tool, than a gift ... More
It is sometimes amazing to see how the most ancient tales and legends seem to have survived the era of rationality and industrialization. Even in those countries that first industrialized in the 19th century, certain customs and traditions today echo more ancient, sometimes even pre-Christian, ... More
