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  • The West Has Done Bad Things… But So Has Every Other Culture

    The West Has Done Bad Things… But So Has Every Other Culture0

    It has become common for many Americans and Europeans to denounce the West because of its past sins. As David Brooks recently pointed out in his New York Times column, students in history courses are often taught that “Western civilization is a history of oppression.”   This argument against the West usually takes the following

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  • The Welfare State Did What Slavery Couldn’t Do

    The Welfare State Did What Slavery Couldn’t Do0

    “The welfare state has done to black Americans what slavery couldn’t do….And that is to destroy the black family.” –Walter E. Williams, The Wall Street Journal On August 14, the Commission on Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act was signed into law. It establishes a nineteen-member panel within the Commission on Civil Rights

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  • The Weird Explosion of Illness in the American Military

    The Weird Explosion of Illness in the American Military3

    Something strange is happening in the American military. Three military doctors recently released documents showing staggering increases in diseases among military personnel in 2021, Enrico Trigoso reports in The Epoch Times. Compared to the previous five years, female infertility, miscarriages, breast cancer, and anxiety have skyrocketed. The attorney representing these whistleblowing doctors, Tom Renz, met with

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  • The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework

    The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework0

    After rejecting the Christian moral framework that largely guided us for 1,500+ years, the post-modern West settled upon moral relativism in the mid- to late-20th century as the replacement. Now fifty years or more into the experiment, we’re seeing that it doesn’t work as well as we’d hoped. The logic of a relativistic society dictates

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  • The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement

    The Weak Science Behind the Self-Esteem Movement0

    Many want to build their self-esteem and confidence. A Google search reveals over 500 million entries on confidence building. Self-help books and scholarly articles abound.  An influential bestseller by Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, was on lists of best business books in 2015 and 2016. If you believe Cuddy’s

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  • The Way We Work Now

    The Way We Work Now0

    • August 11, 2015

    Most Americans now work in white-collar and service industry jobs rather than in manual labor. Technological innovation and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas continues to reduce the need for blue collar workers. And gone are the days where many individuals earned their living through farming. Only 19% of Americans now live in rural areas,

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