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What’s America To Do With a Weaponized Intelligence Community?6
- Politics, Featured
- February 21, 2024
The Intelligence Community of the United States of America has been weaponized against the incumbent leader’s political opposition, having even turned the spy agencies of our closest allies against the leading Republican candidate. This is the inescapable conclusion to be drawn if a bombshell report released last week is accurate. Relying on “multiple credible witnesses,”
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The Sort of Men We Need 6
- Culture, Literature
- February 20, 2024
A new book by Mark Helprin is like a surprise gift from St. Nick, so when I spotted The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story on the “New Book” shelf of my public library, I snagged that gift, headed for the checkout desk, and opened it as soon
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Is Illegal Immigration Creating a New Slave Caste?3
- Politics, Culture, Featured
- February 20, 2024
Belatedly, the southern border crisis is getting the attention it deserves. There’s wall-to-wall coverage in the legacy and conservative press, independent documentaries proliferating on the subject, a Tucker Carlson interview with Bret Weinstein attracting over 15 million views on X, and President Joe Biden blaming Trump for a failed bill that involved the border crisis.
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Returning to First Things to Save Civilization 7
- Culture, Philosophy
- February 19, 2024
In this most rare and radiant of Wisconsin February’s, with record-high temperatures and ample sunshine, my wife has been tapping trees and making maple syrup. I applaud her efforts, and I gratefully ingest the fruit of her labors. The sap has been running steadily, recklessly, almost, overflowing the pails she uses, turning their sides sleek
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When Can We Talk About Trans Mass Shooters?6
- Culture, Featured
- February 19, 2024
Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, home of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen, was the site of an attempted mass shooting on February 11. During a Sunday afternoon Spanish-language service, a woman armed with an AK-15 and dressed in a trench coat stormed the church with her 7-year-old son and proceeded to open fire on the congregation.
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Playing Is Always Unsafe 2
- Family, Culture
- February 19, 2024
The following note was passed along to us by a dad whose kids attend a public school in Texas. It says (emphasis mine): Parents we need your help in keeping our children safe at the playground after hours and on the weekends. It is important that children are supervised at all times. We
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