“In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber.” – Flannery O’Connor A country that can’t control its borders is by definition no longer a country. As I write these words, 7,000 Hondurans are marching through Mexico determined to force their way into the United States in hopes of
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When a society feels that the solution for poverty is for the poor to have the opportunity to become rich through hard work and self-improvement, you have an aspirational society. The United States could be classified by this term once upon a time, but in more recent years it has morphed into an envious society
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Another name for the neo-Marxism of increasing popularity in the United States is “cultural Marxism.” This theory says that the driving force behind the socialist revolution is not the proletariat — but the intellectuals. While Marxism has largely disappeared from the workers’ movement, Marxist theory flourishes today in cultural institutions, in the academic world, and in the
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“I’ve become that guy who sits in the corner and keeps his opinions to himself.” I am working away on my laptop in a coffee shop that serves as my second home when the man at the nearby table speaks those words. Here’s a sixty-something guy, a little worse for the wear, who for the
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Unlike the much-studied millennials, we don’t know much about Generation Z, who now make up most of the 18- to 24-year-old voting bloc. These young people started first grade after 9/11, were born with the internet, grew up with smartphones and social media and practiced active-shooter drills in their classrooms. In 2018, they have taken
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Anna Ayers, a student government leader at Ohio University, reported finding threatening messages in the drawer of her desk a few weeks ago. Ayers, an LGBT student, said the three notes were “hateful, harassing,” according to The Post Athens, a student-run news outlet, and made specific attacks on her sexual identity. “Senate will never be the same
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