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  • ‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’

    ‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’0

    In The Bridges At Toko-ri, the film based on James Michener’s novel about carrier pilots in the Korean War, Admiral George Tarrant watches as his pilots take off from the pitching deck to engage the enemy and asks, “Where do we get such men?” His question was relevant then and remains relevant today. Where do

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  • ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’

    ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’0

    Just over a century ago G. K. Chesterton wrote a book that is as relevant today as it was then.  In fact, its title remains as relevant today as it was then: “What’s Wrong with the World.” Would Mr. Chesterton be surprised and/or disappointed to learn that there are still things wrong today?  Not at

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  • ‘We’ Should Not Regulate Homeschooling

    ‘We’ Should Not Regulate Homeschooling0

    The desire to control other people’s ideas and behaviors, particularly when they challenge widely-held beliefs and customs, is one of human nature’s most nefarious tendencies. Socrates was sentenced to death for stepping out of line; Galileo almost was. But such extreme examples are outnumbered by the many more common, pernicious acts of trying to control

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  • ‘Uneducated’ Homeschoolers Might Just Take Over the World

    ‘Uneducated’ Homeschoolers Might Just Take Over the World0

    I never took “social studies.” To this day, I’m not really sure what it even is! But every year when we took the state-standardized test as homeschoolers, my scores – as well as those of my siblings – came back in the 90th percentile or higher for all subjects, including social studies. This had nothing

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  • ‘Typical Americans’: A Celebration of Us

    ‘Typical Americans’: A Celebration of Us0

    This Sunday, February 2, brings us Superbowl LIV, pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs. That same event also features a one-minute advertisement that should bring joy to all of us who love America. Called “Typical American,” this Budweiser ad provides viewers an exuberant look at the American people, accompanied by a dry sense

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  • ‘Truth and Treason’ and the Power of Standing up to One’s Own

    ‘Truth and Treason’ and the Power of Standing up to One’s Own0

    It’s never easy to admit when you’re wrong – especially when it means standing up to your own people. In the opening scenes of “Truth & Treason,” we see a young Helmuth Hübener craft his “patriotic statement.” It’s 1941, in Hamburg, Germany, and Hübener’s statement is the 16-year-old’s final task to obtain an internship at

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