War creates cultural collisions. In Si Sheppard’s militaristic comparison and contrast of Ottoman soldiers and those of Australia and New Zealand, the cultural divisions are easy to notice even before the collision. Sheppard utilizes battles from World War I in his book “ANZAC Soldier Versus Ottoman Soldier: Gallipoli and Palestine 1915–18” to point out the…
Book Review: ‘ANZAC Soldier Versus Ottoman Soldier: Gallipoli and Palestine 1915–18’
It’s National Poetry Month: Ways and Reasons to Join the Festivities
April has arrived, that season when in many places the growl of a lawnmower replaces the roar of a snow blower. It’s the first full month of spring, when melted ice and snow perform their usual magic, giving birth to daffodils and grass green as the hills of Ireland. Sunlight falls soft as down on…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for March 31–April 6
This week, we feature an accessible biography of an important Supreme Court justice and a riveting look at the wide, wonderful world of animals. Biology ‘An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us’ By Ed Yong How much of our world do we know? Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science…
Book Review: ‘Brave Men’: War Correspondent Ernie Pyle in World War II
Ernie Pyle was the most beloved war correspondent of World War II. He covered the war from North Africa to Northern France in the European theater before going to the Pacific to report on the Okinawa invasion. “Brave Men,” originally published in 1944, is a classic collection of Pyle’s writings. It covers his activities from…
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 46: Putting Things in the Right Order
Great literature, while seeming to highlight one important insight, often seems to be about much, much more. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 46 is an example: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, How to divide the conquest of thy sight; Mine eye my heart thy picture’s sight would bar, My heart mine eye the freedom…
‘Character Is Destiny’: James Rosen’s ‘Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936–1986′
It is a simple truth that death and time often alter our opinions of the deceased. His political opponents and many in the press maligned Abraham Lincoln during his time at the helm of government, yet today he is regarded as one of the presidential greats. During his presidency Ronald Reagan experienced a constant barrage…
Just a Little Kindness: Laura E. Richards’s Short Children’s Story, ‘The Coming of the King’
No matter what evil or wrong we do, kindness rekindles and fans the flames of goodness and virtue in us. Kindness highlights the true worth of our beautiful humanity. In her short story, “The Coming of the King,” Laura E. Richards shows how the kindness that the children at a playground show a tired stranger…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for March 24–30
This week, we feature Mike Pompeo’s riveting memoir and an absorbing history that establishes a post-Revolutionary War sailor as an American hero. History ‘The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War’ By Des Ekin Des Ekin has uncovered a special piece of American history…
Book Review: ‘How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises’
Those who do not value tradition usually speak of “ancient wisdom” with squinty eyes and a wrinkled nose, as if they are being force-fed something that tastes bad. The implicit judgment of these people is that such scornful attitudes are indicative of “modern foolishness.” But the distinction is something of a false dichotomy. When looking…
Book Review: ‘The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China’
When Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III recently spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum, he entitled his speech, “The Decisive Decade.” Author and geopolitical strategist, Jonathan D.T. Ward’s new book echoes the same sentiment, “The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China,” and breaks down the four arenas in which America…
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