Middle Ages

Futurism and Traditionalism

In looking to the future, do we also need to look to the past?

Apr 12 •

The Cautionary Tale of Zheng He

China should have discovered Europe, not the other way around. But it didn't. It's still paying a 600-year price for that mistake.

Dec 3, 2024 •

The Salvation of Western Civilization: The Battle of Tours, October 10, 732 A.D.

Gibbon noted that had the Muslims won this day, all of Europe would have been Islamized and Western Civilization would have been extinguished.

Oct 10, 2022 •

Concerning Halloween

Theologian James B. Jordan explains why Halloween is an explicitly Christian day.

Oct 21, 2019 •

The New Space Age

The next half-century is going to be radically different.

Jul 20, 2019 •

Celebrate the Industrial Revolution and What Fueled It

The Industrial Revolution largely eradicated subsistence, child labor and slavery in much of the world.

Jun 16, 2019 •

Economic Growth from Octavian to Obama

Poor countries can adopt ideas and technologies that took rich countries millennia to develop, and thereby leapfrog into abundance.

Sep 4, 2018 •

The Idyllic Culture Columbus Ended

I hereby proclaim Christopher Columbus our RodMartin.org Hero of the Millennium.

Sep 1, 2017 •

Cortez and the Aztecs

Modern "progressives" gloss over the Aztec's Nazi-level evil, and laugh about "minor" sins like their mass human sacrifice. But let's consider that.

Aug 14, 2017 •

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future

Four maps that highlight what parts of the world looked like in the past, and that point the way toward what may come in the future.

Mar 27, 2017 •

The Medieval Geniuses Who Invented Carried Interest and the Modern Barbarians Who Want to Tax It

The proposal would kill investment, and with it, tech.

Mar 20, 2017 •

Celebrating Columbus

Dr. Jack Wheeler on why Columbus Day should be a commemoration and celebration of Western Civilization – which is why the Left hates it.

Oct 10, 2016 •

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