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An Unexpected Festival: Some Observations on My Nine-Week Christmas1
This year, the Christmas spirit knocked at my door two weeks before Thanksgiving, smiled coyly, and settled in like some stray feline who’s struck gold with a warm hearth and a bowl of Friskies Seafood Sensations. Never before had this spirit arrived so early and so unexpectedly. It started with a review copy of Faith
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Creche, Credo, Courthouse: Reminders of Western Civilization at Christmas0
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- December 11, 2023
The creche has gone on display at the Warren County Courthouse in Front Royal, Virginia. There we see the figures we might expect—Mary, Joseph, the newborn in the manger, the Magi, and several animals. Beside the creche stands a plain white wooden cross about four feet high. The statues are a bit timeworn, and to
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Some Sunshine in This Early Winter: Good News Near and Far1
Every day brings another storm of bad news. More corruption in high places, all too often unpunished. Wars and rumors of wars. The ongoing failure of our large cities to protect their residents and of the federal government to protect our borders. Collapsing public education, collapsing morals, widespread ennui. Catastrophic declines in physical and mental
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Speaking Truth in an Age of Deception0
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows,” says Winston Smith in George Orwell’s 1984. Later in the novel we read, “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” In 2020, our
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