Tag: Arts & Culture

Book Review: ‘Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic’

For those interested in the history of statecraft, there are few topics more compelling than the Roman Republic, and in particular the reasons for its fall. Josiah Osgood, professor of classics at Georgetown University, has written an insightful and important work on this topic. His book “Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed…


Book Review: ‘Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent’

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was working as a reporter for a local newspaper in Warrenton, Virginia (Fauquier County), roughly 45 miles west of Washington. The television was on in the conference room and the staff started to gather as we watched a plane slam into one of the Twin Towers in New York. Aghast,…


Bank Alarm (1937)

A Department of Justice agent and his girlfriend attempt to apprehend a gang of bank robbers. However, the bank robbers always seem to be a step ahead. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


Play Safe (1936)

A little boy jumps on a real train and learns a lesson about safety. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV…


Superman: The Underground World

Lois Lane and an explorer set out on an expedition through an underground cavern and discover a race of hawk-men. When these creatures prepare a ritual sacrifice for the adventurous pair, Superman comes to the rescue. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click…


What Is the Connection Between Motivation and Hope, Part 2

In our last article, we looked at the ideas of hope and motivation and pointed out that hope was an ancient word going back long into the classical past. Motivation, as a word, was first coined in 1904; yet both are still very active words—with billions of hits on Google. Yet these each have different…


The Cusco Cathedral: A Mystical Place Between Two Civilizations

Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the mighty Incan empire, is filled with an abundance of archaeological sites from a previous culture and breathtaking views of the Peruvian Andes. Within this city is one of South America’s best-preserved colonial buildings: the Cusco Cathedral. Built between 1560 and 1654, this impressive cathedral stood in place of…


Film Review: ‘Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey’

Not rated | 1h 56m | Documentary, History | 2022 The soon-to-be-released documentary “Uncle Tom II” explores how the highly destructive and divisive ideology of Marxism has created deep fault lines across the world. In the United States of America, this divisive ideology has been implemented through our educational system and mass media, such as films…


My Wife’s Relations (1922)

By accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr:…


Dough and Dynamite (1914)

Charlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread, which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films:…