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  • A Candle in the Darkness, a Call to Enlist Against Tyranny

    A Candle in the Darkness, a Call to Enlist Against Tyranny10

    Staying upbeat these days sometimes requires the strength of a Samson, the mind-set of a Millennialist, the heart of a Pollyanna, and a bottle of New Amsterdam Vodka. I lacked all of these weapons one recent evening. I’ve taken a leave of absence from alcohol, and the other attributes were as remote from me as

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  • MADS, the Condition Ravaging America

    MADS, the Condition Ravaging America6

    Since 9/11, which now seems light years away, the American body politic has taken hooks to the ribs and uppercuts to the chin that would have knocked any champion pugilist down for the count. The last three years in particular have delivered these blows at warp speed. The strange election of 2020, the precipitous decline

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  • The Last Defense Against Tyranny

    The Last Defense Against Tyranny5

    Feminist writer Naomi Wolf, once beloved by progressives, has decided to go a different direction in the last few years. She has written much about totalitarianism and believes the United States is marching swiftly along the road to such a dictatorship. Needless to say, her former comrades are outraged. Recently, Wolf courageously wrote and published

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  • Let’s Give Our Kids a Healthy Dose of Summertime

    Let’s Give Our Kids a Healthy Dose of Summertime1

    During the first half of June, I spent a good bit of time hip-deep in grandchildren. Two 14-year-olds who attended this gathering are now nearly as tall as Grandpa, but I’m reflecting here on the age 10 and under gang. Watching them flitting around the yard in the evenings, even after a day of soccer

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