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  • The Rise and Rise of Modest Fashion

    The Rise and Rise of Modest Fashion0

    One of my daily routines, which used to be common to many a suburbanite, is picking up a hard copy of the newspaper delivered to my door and to give it a quick scan before setting off to work. My newspaper is reputable enough, but it usually takes me only about ten minutes to see if

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  • The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?

    The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?0

    The other day the American Girl doll store at Minnesota’s Mall of America announced it would be closing its doors. It’s been years since I walked through the store looking for gifts for some young relatives; nevertheless, I still felt a twinge of sadness over the news. Even more disheartening, however, was the reason why

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  • The Rights Glut

    The Rights Glut0

    When someone talks about having “rights,” what do they mean?   I was asked recently whether I thought same-sex parents had the “right” to adopt. I said that I didn’t think anyone had a “right” to adopt.    We decide who should adopt on the basis of what is good for the child being adopted, not

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  • The Right to Speak Evil

    The Right to Speak Evil0

    Words can harm. The childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is obviously untrue. Words bring ruin and despair, drive people to suicide, and foment massacres and war. They are used to justify the enslavement of nations, and the genocide of entire ethnic groups. This is exactly

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  • The Rich Never Actually Paid 70 Percent

    The Rich Never Actually Paid 70 Percent0

    Several Washington commentators kicked off the 116th Congress by rallying behind a newly proposed 70 percent top marginal income tax rate on the wealthiest earners. The 70 percent tax rate figures prominently in the financial equation behind the “Green New Deal” proposal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. While a tax hike of this level is

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  • The Revolution was in the Minds and the Hearts

    The Revolution was in the Minds and the Hearts0

    Probably due to our technologically focused society, we tend to think mostly about military power when it comes to wars. Yet, as the propaganda and morale efforts of the 20th century show, the spirit of the people is often critical to success on the battlefield. Even in recent history, we’ve seen weaker military powers eventually

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