United States

How elites today shirk their responsibility to “set the tone” for society

November 8, 2012

D-Day – General Patton’s advice to his son on what it takes to win in war

November 5, 2012

The equality-inequality struggle in the years following Independence (1781-1787)

November 5, 2012

Learn about the “Kate Effect” on French brides

November 1, 2012

General Patton stuns Marshall Zhukov into silence

October 29, 2012

The American Revolution: The work of elites

October 29, 2012

October 28 – Col. John W. Ripley: Uncommon Valor

October 29, 2012

American Canonized: St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks

October 22, 2012

NPR: Your Status May Depend On Your Last Name

October 18, 2012

Social Revolution Following the Civil War

October 15, 2012

The Salve Regina is sung aboard the Santa Maria on the eve of the discovery of the New World

October 11, 2012

Columbus, and how to make Key Lime Pie

October 11, 2012

Family trusts and foundations

October 11, 2012

Lifting our Gaze Toward the Alienated Elites

October 8, 2012

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 8, 2012

Traditional Associations of Other Ethnic Groups

October 4, 2012

Columbus as a man of faith and devotion

October 1, 2012

Debutante Balls and Other Social Pageantry

October 1, 2012

October 3 – Mother Théodore Guérin

October 1, 2012

At age 16, George Washington’s intimate friendship with the Fairfax family leads him to write out 110 “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation”

September 27, 2012

Associations of Descendants of the European Nobility

September 27, 2012

Family Associations

September 24, 2012

Patriotic Associations of a Hereditary Character

September 20, 2012

García López de Cárdenas discovers the Grand Canyon

September 17, 2012

The private character of hereditary associations

September 17, 2012

The aristocratic character of hereditary associations

September 13, 2012

Portrait of the Sieur de la Salle, explorer of the Mississippi

September 10, 2012

Traditional Elites in Other Social Categories

September 10, 2012

Traditional Elites in the Upper Class

September 6, 2012

A Requiem for Manners

September 3, 2012

At age 17, the aristocratic Washington was used to the harshness of pioneer life

August 30, 2012

Honor and chivalry in the U.S. Military Code of Conduct

August 30, 2012

At the Apogee of Today’s Religious, Moral, and Ideological Crisis: A Propitious Moment for the Action of the Nobility and the Traditional Elites

August 27, 2012

Francis Anthony Drexel: The wealthy banker who prayed daily

August 16, 2012

The Aristocratic Carters of Virginia

August 16, 2012

The Follower Problem – The New York Times

August 13, 2012

Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

August 13, 2012

Absenteeism and omission: sin of the elites

August 2, 2012

Isabella the Catholic offers her jewels to fund Columbus’ discovery of America

August 2, 2012

General Lee’s one rule for students: “Be a gentleman”

July 30, 2012

Condolences from Queen Elizabeth II

July 26, 2012

The State as a perfect society—its sovereignty and majesty—its supreme nobility

July 26, 2012

Aristocracy and sanctity

July 12, 2012

July 14 – The Lily of the Mohawks

July 12, 2012

The Marquis de Chastellux draws a sketch of General Washington

June 28, 2012

June 30 – How the New York Upper Class Was Transformed by One Humble Servant

June 28, 2012

The Different Roads of the Authentic and Inauthentic Elites

June 25, 2012

Southern aristocracy dazzled ante-bellum Washington

June 18, 2012

Toads and communism

June 18, 2012

Harmful character of the toads

June 14, 2012

The “toads”

June 11, 2012

Captain John Barry, Father of the American Navy, fights and wins a prize

June 7, 2012

Inauthentic elites

June 7, 2012

The unyielding principles of Richard Lee II, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s great-great grandfather

June 4, 2012

Refinement of the elites

June 4, 2012

The elite and the upper class

May 31, 2012

Colonial Dames XVII Century Supports Medal Of Honor Museum

May 28, 2012

Traditional, aristocratic and authentic elites

May 28, 2012

National and International Elites

May 24, 2012

De Soto meets the mighty Mississippi

May 21, 2012

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