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  • Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told

    Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told0

    In a unanimous decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vindicated Ocheesee Creamery’s free speech rights when it reversed a district court’s decision that prevented the creamery from telling its customers the truth about the products it sells. Ocheesee Creamery is a small, all-natural dairy farm located in rural Florida that

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  • Court Declares Child Should Die Rather Than Receive Privately-Funded Health Care

    Court Declares Child Should Die Rather Than Receive Privately-Funded Health Care0

    In a government-controlled healthcare system, the state determines who can receive treatment and when. This has long been admitted. But, what is less often discussed is that once a patient finds himself within a state-run healthcare facility, the state may deny him treatment — even if privately funded. This was recently illustrated when Charlie Gard,

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  • Courage, Resilience, and the American Dream

    Courage, Resilience, and the American Dream2

    The weeds needed pulling. Branches needed trimming. Dishes and silverware had piled up on the sink board. Books, papers, and crayons—the grandchildren were visiting—littered the dining room table and needed to be stowed away before supper. Yet there I sat on the front porch, drinking a Diet Coke, mesmerized by Rose Wilder Lane’s Let the

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  • Courage, Bravery, Fortitude

    Courage, Bravery, Fortitude0

    • September 4, 2015

    “Fortitude” is a five-dollar word used to describe a virtue more simply known as “courage” or “bravery.” It is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. In particular, fortitude along with temperance helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue

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  • Courage Is Worth the Risk

    Courage Is Worth the Risk0

    “I took a chance on an ‘imperfect’ pregnancy,” the title of a New York Times article recently proclaimed. Intrigued, I read about author Jacquelynn Kerubo’s journey through a fertility clinic where, after initial treatments, she and her husband were told that they had a “mosaic embryo.” A mosaic embryo, Kerubo explains, is one which could

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  • Courage in the Face of Tyranny

    Courage in the Face of Tyranny0

    A Man For All Seasons is a film for our time. In this classic period drama, Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield), a brilliant writer and intellectual and former Lord Chancellor of England, refuses to approve Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn, rejects his decision to break with Rome, and recognize the king as the Supreme Head

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