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  • Communism and Nazism Are Now Legally Synonymous in Ukraine

    Communism and Nazism Are Now Legally Synonymous in Ukraine0

    Their names still haunt us. Chelmno. Belzec, Sobibor. Treblinka. Auschwitz. Dachau. Majdanek. They stir images of the horrors of Nazi killing centers, where millions of Jews, Poles, Soviet POWs, and gypsies were systematically killed in one of the great horrors of the twentieth century.  For many of us, this imagery is associated exclusively with Hitler

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  • Common Sense on Communist China

    Common Sense on Communist China0

    President Trump repeatedly has called on companies to move their factories out of Communist China. He imposed tariffs after determining the Chinese government was illegally subsidizing the production of those goods. Companies responded by asking the president to lift the tariffs, parroting the Chinese Communist party line. Then the coronavirus came along and exposed the

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  • Common Sense Is Getting Lost in the Immigration Debate

    Common Sense Is Getting Lost in the Immigration Debate0

    One of the early-medieval words and concepts I’ve thought about bringing back is the ‘thede’. In old England, the ‘thede’ referred to the tribe. It was a familial, rather than an abstract, descriptor of the people or the nation. Even though it had a certain standing in common law, the thede is not to be

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  • Common Sense in Free Fall on College Campuses

    Common Sense in Free Fall on College Campuses0

    Evidence is mounting that political ideology is corrupting the liberal arts. According to Campus Reform, in late July, Portland State University accused one of its professors, Peter Boghossian, of “‘questionable ethical behavior’ and banned him from conducting academic research.” What was the professor’s offense? He successfully convinced several prestigious, peer-reviewed journals to publish articles that

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  • Common App Letter Showcases Politics as Educational Endgame

    Common App Letter Showcases Politics as Educational Endgame0

    I taught seminars in Latin, history, composition, and literature to homeschool students in Asheville, North Carolina for more than 15 years, including Advanced Placement courses. As a result, students often asked me to write college recommendation letters for them, such as letters for the Common Application, or Common App as it is known. Though I

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  • Commentator’s On-Air Freudian Slip Reveals What the Media Wants

    Commentator’s On-Air Freudian Slip Reveals What the Media Wants0

    • February 22, 2017

    MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski appeared to have the rarest of moments Wednesday morning. She told viewers exactly what she thought her role was in regards to shaping public opinion. Brzezinski, the liberal counterpart to conservative Joe Scarborough on the network’s “Morning Joe,” was discussing President Donald Trump’s proclivity to do end-runs around the media, sharing (and

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