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  • The Forgotten Conservatism of ‘No Country for Old Men’

    The Forgotten Conservatism of ‘No Country for Old Men’0

    When students hear me introduce No Country for Old Men as a deeply political novel with a right-wing position on contemporary American society, those who have seen the film adaptation by the Coen brothers perhaps wonder if the movie and the Cormac McCarthy novel are unrelated entities that just happen to bear the same title. What they

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  • The Flag Protection Amendment and American Greatness

    The Flag Protection Amendment and American Greatness0

    One of the great characteristics of Americans is their candor. Among the reasons we declared independence from what we believed to be the excesses of a corrupt British monarchy and aristocracy was our contempt for pretense, deference, and pomposity. We believed, instead, in simple virtue and simple values such as truth, decency, honesty, temperance, and

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  • The Five Virtues of a Good Writer

    The Five Virtues of a Good Writer2

    The great journalist and author Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993) offered the following excellent advice to writers: The reader who seeks to write well and think well should aim first at the essential qualities—coherence, clarity, precision, simplicity, and brevity. Euphony and rhythm are of course also desirable, but they are like the final rubbing on a fine

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  • The Five Quotes From Trump’s Letter Most Likely to Make History

    The Five Quotes From Trump’s Letter Most Likely to Make History0

    This is it, we’re coming up on the finale of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s and her fellow Democrats’ likely ill-fated attempt to see Donald Trump removed from office. I say ill-fated because even if the House does indeed pass the two articles of impeachment, it is highly unlikely that the Republican-controlled Senate will vote to convict

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  • The Five Myths of Systemic Racism in Policing

    The Five Myths of Systemic Racism in Policing0

    The belief that law enforcement is infused with systemic racism is a myth. As the evidence demonstrates, blacks are not disproportionately killed by the police. Moreover, the perception of white officers as trigger-happy is also baseless. Here is a rebuttal of five popular lies. Myth 1: Blacks are disproportionately killed by the police. Blacks are

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  • The Five Most Hyperbolic Impeachment Moments

    The Five Most Hyperbolic Impeachment Moments0

    The House impeachment debate and subsequent vote in favor of ousting President Trump Wednesday were historic, Congress wants you to know. Wednesday is of such monumental import,  we will all talk about this in the years to come to our children and our grandchildren. We will know where we were the day Congress voted to impeach Donald

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