No one has seriously attacked or defended Gibbon for decades, because it's generally accepted that, great writer though he was, most of his judgements were wrong. I won't deny that I find q… (View Post)

Germany lost totally. That's why they paid reparations, (something that many Jews violently opposed at the time), and lost lands in the East. If people want reparations for wrongs long past, the… (View Post)

The "woke Roman empire" is a hilarious piece of pseudo-history. Catherine Nixey for example described Third Century Rome as "liberal and tolerant", which would come as a surprise … (View Post)

I've never been impressed by the argument that people need to stay in their lane. (View Post)

International affairs operate mainly on the principle that the strong do as they will, the weak as they must. Hegemonic powers like the USA accept restraints on their own behaviour, only insofar as a… (View Post)