The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has convulsed the entire country. His story has become an allegory for a malevolent criminal justice system indifferent to the lives of black men. Not only did his death elevate the motto, “Black Lives Matter,” it ushered in a summer of protests and unrest. The Dead as Martyrs
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Recent legislators, activists, and education reformers have promised to lead us into a new world of equity. No longer will some groups have a different lifestyle from others. No longer will some groups have a different education from others. There will be reform or else, Hawk Newsome warns, “we will burn down this system and
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Recent weeks have been filled with clashes between police and protesters, raging rioters and fleeing law enforcement. Since a policeman’s role in the George Floyd incident lit the match of chaos, the cry of “defund the police” has been an easy one for protesters to latch onto. I have to wonder about the psychological impact
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One of the most oft-cited and criticized goals of the Black Lives Matter organization is its stated desire to abolish the family as we know it. Specifically, BLM’s official website states: “We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, especially
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What did they expect? In January, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, announced they would “step back” from their work as senior members of the royal family. They cited tabloid intrusion as one of the major factors driving their decision. They seemed to be desperate for privacy. Prince Harry gave a speech in
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Were the Founding Fathers heroes or villains? While this dichotomy perhaps oversimplifies our attitude toward the founding generation, one would imagine that most Americans think that their country’s origin is fundamentally good. Few political movements in the history of the United States have truly distanced themselves from the founding. Many have tried to twist and
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