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  • Civilization Is Permanence, Barbarism Is Instability

    Civilization Is Permanence, Barbarism Is Instability6

    In Part 1 of his 1969 documentary series on the history of Western art, Kenneth Clark defines civilization in a rather illuminating manner: Civilization means something more than energy and will and creative power, something the early Norsemen hadn’t got, but which, even in their time, was beginning to reappear in Western Europe. How can

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  • Civility in Politics Is Harder Than You Think

    Civility in Politics Is Harder Than You Think0

    When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up the text of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech in full public view, her supporters saw defiance of both his policies and his earlier refusal to shake her hand. But her political opponents cried foul, calling it “unbecoming” and “nasty.” This is yet another example of

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  • Civil Disobedience, Homestyle

    Civil Disobedience, Homestyle12

    I committed an act of civil disobedience the other night. I threw open the dining room window, plopped down at the piano beneath it, and with the family gathered around, flipped open the hymn book and began singing. Starting with “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” my family and I soon moved on to “The Star-Spangled

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  • Civil Disobedience Over Lockdowns Spreads Across America

    Civil Disobedience Over Lockdowns Spreads Across America0

    Colorado officials last week announced that several counties had moved into the “red level”—the second-highest measurement on its COVID-19 dial—and would be forced to implement new regulations on restaurants, gyms, and other parts of the economy to combat the virus. Then something remarkable happened. Weld County, a county in the northern part of the state

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  • Civil Discourse Seems to be at an All-time Low. Why?

    Civil Discourse Seems to be at an All-time Low. Why?0

    In an age where partisanship reigns supreme, there seems to be one issue on which members of both the Left and Right agree, namely, the declining presence of civil discourse. Nowhere was this more apparent than in a recent townhall style meeting in Damariscotta, Maine. As The Boston Globe reports: More than 100 Mainers showed

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  • Civics 101 for Flyover Country

    Civics 101 for Flyover Country0

    Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes, an American of African descent who has “only ever voted for democrats,” made news in June when he testified in front of a House Subcommittee against reparations for slavery. One lady applauded him on social media, saying “there are so many youth (sic) that want to speak out … but fear

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