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  • Down on the Farm With Inflation

    Down on the Farm With Inflation2

    “Pretend farmers.” That’s what we’re called by our neighbors who farm for a living. Having retired to a 10-acre chunk of Southern Minnesota farmland, my husband and I don’t depend on our miniature-scale operation to support us. Instead, our efforts are aimed at keeping family and friends in eggs and lamb chops. And this week,

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  • Douglas Murray and ‘The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam’

    Douglas Murray and ‘The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam’0

    That Americans are a very lucky people was long ago recognized by a German Chancellor.  That would be Otto von Bismarck, who is alleged to have muttered more than once that “God takes care of drunks, little children, and the United States of America.” Well, God is apparently still at it, whether we realize it

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  • Doublethink in the Time of Societal Upheaval

    Doublethink in the Time of Societal Upheaval0

    In his classic essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell describes how politicians hide their actions beneath generous helpings of words chosen to mislead. Today’s media-saturated environment has supersized the high-calorie, low-nutrition verbiage. The twin crises of the China virus and George Floyd unrest provide a virtual all-you-can-eat buffet. “Social Distancing” Why “social” distancing?

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  • Dostoyevsky’s Powerful Denunciation of Socialism

    Dostoyevsky’s Powerful Denunciation of Socialism0

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov is arguably the greatest Russian novel ever written (which means a case can be made that it is the best novel ever written, period).  Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that Brothers is the one book “that can teach you everything you need to know about life.” Dostoyevsky has been praised for his

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  • Dostoyevsky on Why Lust is Dangerous

    Dostoyevsky on Why Lust is Dangerous1

    I’ve pondered before on this site if Christians sometimes focus on sexual sin too much. While I believe a strong case can be made that many of us do, I also believe that our culture as a whole is likely prone to overlooking the practical dangers of lust. (Many of us have seen the harm

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  • Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism

    Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism1

    The novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was known as a voice for the poor and downtrodden in Russian society, and an advocate of social justice. Yet at the same time, he was a strong opponent of socialism and its presuppositions. As such, and given that the idea of socialism is a feature of the 2016 presidential

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