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  • The Dangers of Pot Stirring

    The Dangers of Pot Stirring0

    • August 26, 2015

    Regarding Vester Lee Flanagan, the man who shot Alison Parker, Adam Ward, and Vicki Gardner during a live news feed, The Daily Beast reports: “Vester Lee Flanagan faxed a 23-page suicide note to ABC News after he killed two Roanoke, Virginia, journalists at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday. At 8:26 a.m., ABC News reports it recieved

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  • The Dangers of Mandatory Paid Leave

    The Dangers of Mandatory Paid Leave1

    At a recent hearing on Paid Family Leave before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., thought herself brave and appropriate to harangue the only free-market witness – one out of seven – there.  Paid-leave advocates ignore (or refuse to acknowledge) the ample literature that shows what happened in countries and states

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  • The Dangers of Entangling Alliances

    The Dangers of Entangling Alliances0

    Not a few people around the world have been taken aback and rightly concerned by the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane by the Turks. No doubt, few would want to see a conflict between Russia and Turkey. Worse, though, is the question of whether or not such a conflagration would involve the United

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  • The Dangers of Egalitarianism in a Democracy

    The Dangers of Egalitarianism in a Democracy0

    Most Americans take for granted that democracy is an absolute good. If it can be said of an idea or a program that it promotes equality, Americans, whatever their political affiliations, will be loath to speak ill of the idea or to protest the program.  “Of course,” they will think to themselves, “anything that fosters

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  • The Dangers of Appeasement in a Social Justice World

    The Dangers of Appeasement in a Social Justice World0

    Those attentive to the news are well aware of religious persecution in China, Nigeria, Iran, and other countries, places where Christians often face imprisonment, death, or loss of their civil liberties. Here in America attacks on Christians and their faith are much more subtle, but nonetheless real and ongoing. In “How Cultural Marxism Is Grinding

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  • The Dangers of ‘Hate Speech’ Rules

    The Dangers of ‘Hate Speech’ Rules0

    Russell Kirk argued that to engage in politics and ideas we must “draw the sword of imagination”. By that he meant, we must imagine all the ways in which a policy or an idea may do either good or harm. Recently, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media giants announced that they will be working with

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