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  • ‘They Ain’t A-Gonna Stop’

    ‘They Ain’t A-Gonna Stop’0

    Long ago I read in some biography or study of William Faulkner that he and a friend were driving down a country road at night during a driving rain storm. Suddenly the car plunged into a flooded pond. After the two men waded to shore, his friend asked, “Bill, right before we hit the water,

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  • ‘The Resistance’ to Trump Fails a Basic Test of Courage

    ‘The Resistance’ to Trump Fails a Basic Test of Courage0

    What were the editors of the New York Times smoking when they decided to publish an op-ed by an anonymous official in the Trump Administration? “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations,” he wrote. He and his buddies are “the Resistance” – secret

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  • ‘The Red Pill’ is a Film Feminists Find Hard to Swallow

    ‘The Red Pill’ is a Film Feminists Find Hard to Swallow0

    Intellectual humility—the acknowledgement that the truth is more important than your version of it—requires you to be open-minded enough not only to listen to an opposing viewpoint but to be willing to change yours when you are wrong. It is a quality in short supply and sadly undervalued in our age of arrogance. Filmmaker and

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  • ‘The New York Times,’ the 1619 Project, and ‘Quid Est Veritas’?

    ‘The New York Times,’ the 1619 Project, and ‘Quid Est Veritas’?4

    Many of us have heard of the 1619 Project and its attempt to reinvent American history. 1619, according to The New York Times writers, is the year that the first slaves arrived on American soil. And since, according to the 1619 Project, unjust slave labor initiated and sustained the socioeconomic structure of America, 1619 is

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  • ‘The Middle’ Doesn’t Always Equal ‘True’

    ‘The Middle’ Doesn’t Always Equal ‘True’0

    We live in an age in which our media frequently frames issues up as a choice between two extremes. In such an age, it’s tempting for those who consider themselves educated to consistently take the via media—the “middle way”—and to assume that the truth always amounts to a balanced compromise between the two sides of

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  • ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’: Giving Kids Real Toys, Not Screens

    ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’: Giving Kids Real Toys, Not Screens1

    At a time when action figures and Barbie dollhouses have been replaced by phones, tablets, and computers, it has never been more difficult to fully experience childhood. I recently rewatched one of my favorite films growing up: The Indian in the Cupboard. And while I expected the film to retain its charm, it also made

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