Defending the Legacy

'Twas thence concluded, by Rousseau, That all refinement did but go To alter nature's simple plan, And scoundrelize the creature ...

Onfray de Breville (also known as J. O. B.) was a French painter of the late 1800s-early 1900s.  The pictures are delightful, but better ye...

Studying the 18th Century will quickly expose one to the glorification of the Quakers.  It seems as though the Quakers were ahead of their t...

I am pleased to announce that my brother Aidan has started a blog!  It is titled "Mountains Were Moved".  Check it out at www.mou...

"I heard, some time ago, that one of our masters had been appointed to a church in some beastly neighbourhood in Birmingham or one of t...

History seems to be dominated by evil men.  Whether it is the Assyrian Empire, the rule of Communism, or the United Nations in our day, the ...

250 years ago today, the Treaty of Paris was signed.  This brought an end to the hostilities between France, Great Britain, Spain and Portug...