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  • What Paul Ehrlich and Groundhog Day Have in Common

    What Paul Ehrlich and Groundhog Day Have in Common5

    Out he pops every Feb. 2 to the music, shouts, and fanfare of thousands of spectators, Punxsutawney Phil of Pennsylvania, the most celebrated prognosticator of weather in the United States. Should Phil cast his shadow on this auspicious date, the country will face six more weeks of winter. No shadow, and an early spring is

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  • Parents: Take Charge of Your Children’s Education

    Parents: Take Charge of Your Children’s Education0

    Are America’s public schools falling apart? The evidence certainly points in that direction. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” found historic declines in reading and math scores among American students. Scores by grade level and subject fell dramatically in all categories. In my state of Virginia,

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  • Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive

    Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive2

    “Beauty,” wrote philosopher Roger Scruton, “is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” Whatever we may think of Scruton’s observation, it seems clear our ideas of beauty are at best confused, at worst degraded, and always subjective. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is, of course, in

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  • God’ll Cut You Down: Johnny Cash, Cato, and Triumphant Good

    God’ll Cut You Down: Johnny Cash, Cato, and Triumphant Good2

    In Johnny Cash’s version of the gospel song “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” the opening chorus goes this way: “You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down” Not a

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