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Winter 2026 Is a Great Time to Read Some History
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- December 15, 2025






I was recently at a family gathering when I got into a discussion about high school math with some younger relatives. One revealed a love for math that I didn’t know existed. In fact, she surprised me by explaining that she had taken many of the advanced math classes that schools are always encouraging students
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September 17th marks the 229th birthday of the U.S. Constitution. In honor of the day, The Annenberg Public Policy Center conducted a survey to test the public’s knowledge of basic civics. One of the questions asked respondents to name the three branches of government. The number of Americans able to do so has dropped dramatically
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It seems we have launched into a full-blown epidemic of sexual misconduct in the short time since the Harvey Weinstein allegations surfaced. Roy Moore, Al Franken, and Charlie Rose are only a few of the individuals who have been outed as allegedly treating women inappropriately in the last several decades. Hearing these accounts is alarming.
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In a post last Friday, I pointed to a Harvard professor’s belief that the U.S. and China could be at war with each other in the next decade. The two most popular comments on the post thread brought up the eventual possibility of a conflict with Russia, as well. In light of that possibility, I
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You [Lord] who have imbued us with unalienable rights that we may serve you in freedom … we ask your blessing upon us now. Conscious that unless you build the house those who build it labor in vain and unless you watch over the city we keep vigil in vain, we ask you first to
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Small, seemingly trivial events, can be impactful. Some years ago, we moved our household from one suburban community to another about 15 miles away. Soon after the move, I was rushing out the front door to put an envelope in the hands of the mail carrier. As I introduced myself, the mail carrier smiled and
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