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  • Jefferson’s 1801 Inaugural Address is Perfect for 2017

    Jefferson’s 1801 Inaugural Address is Perfect for 20170

    The 2016 election was one of the most divisive and most vitriolic in recent memory. Hangover from this division will likely exhibit itself throughout the inauguration festivities over the next few days. History, however, often repeats itself, and on this inauguration day, we would be wise to remember that America has seen many vitriolic elections

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  • JD Vance’s Three Tips for Restoring Honor in our Society

    JD Vance’s Three Tips for Restoring Honor in our Society2

    So much attention has been devoted to President Donald Trump and the breakneck speed at which he’s making changes in our nation’s government the last few weeks that many may have missed something that his second in command, JD Vance, did. Tucked away on an obscure little corner of X, Vance left this unassuming note:

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  • Japan Faces Demographic Disaster

    Japan Faces Demographic Disaster2

    Japan’s Prime Minister has warned that his country will fall over an economic and social cliff unless it reverses its population decline. “Our country is on the brink of being unable to maintain the functions of society,” said Fumio Kishida at the beginning of this year’s Diet session. Mr Kishida’s apocalyptic statement is by no means news.

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  • January 6: An Insurrection by a Government Against Its People

    January 6: An Insurrection by a Government Against Its People14

    On January 6, 2021, I attended the Save America March in Washington, D.C. On January 7, Intellectual Takeout published my account of that rally. A friend had obtained VIP tickets for our little band of adults and children, giving us seats about 20 yards from the speaker’s platform. As I mention in the article, the

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  • Jane Austen Vindicates the Rights of Women

    Jane Austen Vindicates the Rights of Women0

    Jane Austen’s Lady Susan is a wrecking ball in petticoats. The main character of the new film Love and Friendship, drawn from Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan, is a widowed mother of a marriageable daughter. She is also widely known as “the most accomplished Coquette in England.” She has a married lover. She seduces wealthy young men

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  • Jane Austen Forever!

    Jane Austen Forever!0

    I’ve been reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to my ten-year-old daughter. I admit it was immediately motivated by my desire to watch with her the BBC mini-series, which the book was clearly written in order for them to produce one day. There’s a rule here that they have to do the book before they do the

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