Rebekah Bills

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Rebekah Bills
Rebekah Bills served four years as a civilian intelligence officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency, earning 6 Individual Act Awards, DIA’s Science and Technology Mission Enabler Award, and the Director’s Personal Coin. Now—her best assignment to date—she cares for her two young sons, Gabriel and Emmanuel, and her exuberant Great Dane puppy, Beowulf.

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We Should Heed What This Ex-Soviet Spy Says About Beauty … And Terror 14
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- October 23, 2024
In the end, the only memorable stories, like the only memorable experiences, are religious and moral. They give men the heart to suffer the ordeal of a life that perpetually rends them between its beauty and its terror. These two sentences, written by Whittaker Chambers, quite literally stopped me in my tracks when I first
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Why We Shouldn’t Abandon Our Institutions 3
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Politics
- September 5, 2024
I recently was invited to attend an event hosted by my alma mater—a college that is outspokenly conservative and so generally attracts young conservatives and libertarians—in order to speak to incoming college freshmen about their transition into higher education. While sharing my experience about how my liberal arts education set me up for professional success
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AI: What It Means for Our Democracy 7
- Politics, Culture, Featured
- August 12, 2024
Artificial intelligence is a buzzword these days, captivating America’s imagination but also stirring fears. At the heart of our AI fascination lies this dilemma: Is AI a force for good, is it neutral, or is it evil? And how will AI impact our democracy? First, it must be acknowledged that there are indeed substantial benefits
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Under the Influence of Our Stuff: Lessons From an Old Sears Catalog 5
- Culture, Featured, History, MomThink
- June 25, 2024
We are under the influence of our stuff—home décor and furnishings, fast fashion, modern art, and too much more—and it’s slowly gnawing away at our contentment and human potential. What prompted this realization? Some old Sears catalogs, actually. And a love for antiques, the reason for which I couldn’t quite put into words. But let
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