New in PJ Media: The news out of Greece is momentous. The first and only contemporary portrait of the last Roman emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, has just been discovered, and yes, you need a print for your office wall. The Emperor Constantine XI is a man you should know: he is one of the largely […]
Video: Vocab Malone and Robert Spencer, “Did the BYZANTINE EMPIRE ‘Save’ Western Civilization?”
Friday. Get Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization here.
The Roman Empire Could Have Been Kept From Falling With This One Weird Trick
New in PJ Media: With the Biden regime taking a wrecking ball to the foundations of the American Republic, there is definitely an apocalyptic vibe in the air these days. All is not lost, however; as the sage philosopher Yogi Berra noted long ago, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” If Americans want to prevent […]
Video: Robert Spencer on ‘Is there still hope for the West?’
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The Byzantine Empire: A Cautionary Tale
My PJ Media colleague Lincoln Brown gives us another illuminating take on my new book, Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization: “The Byzantine Empire: A Cautionary Tale,” by Lincoln Brown, Front Page, January 11, 2024: One ignores the parallels between the Byzantine Empire and the 21st Century at one’s peril. [Order Robert Spencer’s […]
‘Empire of God’ ‘provides valuable lessons for today that we ignore at our peril’
Here is a perceptive review of my latest book, Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization, from my PJ Media colleague Lincoln Brown. “Book Review: Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization,” by Lincoln Brown, PJ Media, January 9, 2024: As you may recall, toward the end of last year, some wag decided […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Hamas, the Byzantine Empire, and more
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There Was a Time When Governments Tried to Make Their People Better
New in PJ Media: The Biden regime seems hell-bent on celebrating and subsidizing the worst tendencies of human nature: not only every conceivable manner of perversion, but resentment, envy, the privilege of protected classes rather than advancement on the basis of merit, and so much more. It is not hard to suspect that Biden and […]
Remember When Public Buildings Were Beautiful?
New in PJ Media: One little-noted effort Donald Trump took to Make America Great Again was a Dec. 2020 executive order combating the aggressive ugliness of the modern American public square. That effort is worth reviving. It is useful to recall that on this day in the year 537, a grand structure was inaugurated that […]
How the Byzantines Saved Civilization
New in PJ Media: There was a book a few years ago entitled “How the Irish Saved Civilization,” explaining how Irish monks preserved ancient manuscripts that became the basis for much of Western thought. To give credit where credit is due, however, it must also be acknowledged that when the classic works of ancient Greek […]