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  • The Revolution was in the minds and hearts…

    The Revolution was in the minds and hearts…0

    • July 3, 2015

    Reflecting on the American Revolution in 1818, John Adams wrote, “The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations.” And so it is today. Last week’s tectonic shifts in law and culture were not aberrations; they were the culmination of a revolution

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  • The Revival of Socialism

    The Revival of Socialism0

    I am fiercely proud of the fact that I was raised in an anti-communist household in central Kansas in the 1970s and 1980s. Whatever faults my family had (and they were many), my mother made sure that I knew that socialism and fascism were flip sides of the same coin, that Hitler and Stalin had

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  • The Revival of Phonics May Sound the Death Knell for Tyranny

    The Revival of Phonics May Sound the Death Knell for Tyranny14

    I came across some good news today. The kind of news that makes me think there is some hope for America and its citizens. “What is this good news?” you might ask. It’s simple, really: schools are beginning to teach phonics again. “Is that all?” I can hear you reply. “That’s not such a big

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  • The Return of the Native

    The Return of the Native0

    The essential error of the modernist theologians who pushed their agenda at the Amazonian synod is that they have fallen for the myth of the noble savage. But both the noble savage and the urban savage are simplistic generalities: They express a truth and a lie at the same time. The recent Amazonian synod in

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  • The return of the housewife

    The return of the housewife0

    American Housewife, Helen Ellis’ critically acclaimed, darkly comic, collection of short stories, is the latest addition to the conversation about domestic life. The book was born from Ellis’ anonymous Twitter account @WhatIDoAllDay – a question she and many other women who manage a home often get asked. “Helen Ellis Is Giving Housewives a Very Good

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  • The Return of the Flagellants

    The Return of the Flagellants0

    The lockdowns have disproportionately targeted fun. No house parties. No travel. Bowling, bars, Broadway, theater, amusement parks, all banned. Weddings, forget it. Restaurants, hotels, conventions, and even golf were all targeted by the lockdowners. There is an ethos here. To beat the disease, you have to suffer. You have to eschew joy. You must sit

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