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  • Life, Death, and Joy in Autumn

    Life, Death, and Joy in Autumn6

    “It sounds fantastic to say that one can be enamored of a season, but that is something like what happened.” —C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy Whenever I listen to people describing Autumn, there are differing opinions but similar observations. Some dread the season because it means the ending of the vibrant summer, others because it

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  • Life Lessons From Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth

    Life Lessons From Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth15

    This year marks the 70th anniversary since Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne. Born in 1926, the future queen was a teenager during World War II, training as a driver and mechanic toward the end of that conflict. Since her father’s death in 1952, she has served her people as monarch through a time

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  • Life Lessons from a Modern-Day Lighthouse Keeper

    Life Lessons from a Modern-Day Lighthouse Keeper2

    When I was around 10 years old, my family discovered our ideal vacation spot in northern Minnesota. As tent campers, we loved that there were no RVs allowed. As lovers of peaceful nature, we loved that each of the 20 campsites were secluded. And as fans of Lake Superior, we loved that many of the

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  • Life and Death in the Web

    Life and Death in the Web0

    Web derives from an Old English word meaning “that which is woven,” referring to fabrics. By 1300, it also meant “a plexus of threads made by spider.” Today, of course, the most common usage refers to the intricate digital web connecting the globe. Every second of every day, that web serves up words and images, links friends

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  • Life After Flight from Castro’s Cuba

    Life After Flight from Castro’s Cuba0

    When Mercedes (“Mercy”) Rodriguez arrived in America on a fall day in 1979, the first thing she noticed was how clean and wide the streets were. The 15-year-old Cuban refugee had just arrived on a plane carrying nearly a dozen political prisoners, including her father and brothers. They had been blacklisted and then detained for

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  • Lies, Bias, and Twisted Facts: MSNBC and Media Bias

    Lies, Bias, and Twisted Facts: MSNBC and Media Bias0

    Over my decades as a writer, I’ve seen the two faces of the media. This past April, an editor from The Epoch Times (ET) sent me an email telling me she had enjoyed my articles on Intellectual Takeout and wondered if I might talk to her about writing for ET. When we spoke by phone,

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