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  • The Way to Win a Revolution

    The Way to Win a Revolution0

    When talk of revolution comes, probably a fair amount of Americans think of the American Revolution and the need for the modern equivalent of muskets and artillery. But is that the best way to make change? Violent revolutions are at times needed, but it seems that there is work needed well before the first shots

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  • The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art

    The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art0

    With culture around us apparently in decline, it’s worth celebrating uniquely American traditions, especially growing ones. And few activities could be more American than the marksmanship sport of Old West-style shooting. The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a

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  • The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness

    The Wasting of Time and Human Happiness0

    • November 27, 2018

    As an undergraduate, I went for walks in rural Michigan. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. Romantic walks, friendly walks, philosophical walks, beautiful walks. On one memorable walk, I delighted in the loveliness of the effect a streetlight can have on green leaves in the dark. I wasted time on those walks, and it shaped my

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  • The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism

    The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism0

    Earlier this week, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi took the extraordinary step of blasting one of America’s most distinguished media institutions in a story headlined: “The Washington Post ‘Blacklist’ Story Is Shameful and Disgusting.” Taibbi slammed the Post for picking up a narrative spun by an anonymous “anti-propaganda organization” called PropOrNot. The shadow group, which

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  • The Warriors Won’t be Visiting Trump’s White House, and that’s a Shame

    The Warriors Won’t be Visiting Trump’s White House, and that’s a Shame0

    Via Yahoo News: The 2017 NBA Champions Golden State Warriors unanimously decided as a team not to meet Donald Trump in the White House, as is custom for winning teams. The Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 to seal the hard-fought series 4-1. It is the second championship for the California team in three years,

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  • The War Over ‘Toxic Masculinity’

    The War Over ‘Toxic Masculinity’0

    Thomas B. Edsall of The New York Times published a provocative piece the other day on the American Psychological Association’s recently released “Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.” The Guidelines, which seemed a kind of attack on what some people call “traditional masculinity,” had kicked up a fair amount of controversy among academics and commentators. That was

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