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Toto Pulls Back the Curtain on Today’s Wizards 8
- Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
- October 3, 2022
America has become a place of magic, a little like Disney World used to be, but without the fun. Politicians in the federal government, some governors and mayors, and many in the mainstream media are now wizards waving their magic wands and saying “Abracadabra” to allegedly make the impossible become reality. But what these wizards
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U.S. Life Expectancy Fell With COVID V*x Rollout 2
- International, Politics, Science, Uncategorized
- October 3, 2022
The portion of the U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 rose from 0 percent at the outset of 2021 to 63 percent by the end of the year. Yet, the CDC recently estimated that average U.S. life expectancy fell by 0.9 years in 2021. This is in addition to a 1.8 year decline in 2020—and
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A 5th Century Guide to Happiness in a World Full of Pain, Loss, and Injustice 2
- Philosophy, History, Western Civilization
- October 3, 2022
My mother passed away in August four days short of her 70th birthday. When we lose something we love, it’s easy to feel bitter, resentful, cheated. It’s easy to feel that life is cruel, systematically robbing us of everything good until we are left with nothing. And while these feelings are understandable—forgivable even—they miss far
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What Is ‘Culture War’?9
- Culture, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- September 30, 2022
Day by day, year by year, what once was unthinkable has now become celebrated, and even protected by law. Meanwhile, what was once virtuous or admired is seen as hateful and backwards. The older you are, the more you see it. In the recent past, America and Europe were grounded in a Christian ethos, one
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Will the Conservative Momentum at the Supreme Court Continue This Term?2
- Politics, Uncategorized
- September 30, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term, following its customary summer recess, on Monday, Oct. 3. If this Court term is anything like the most recent one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice. This most recent term, conservatives achieved secured massive wins on abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization), gun rights
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Is ‘Our Democracy’ Failing Our Country?3
- History, International, Politics
- September 30, 2022
Asked, “What is an American?” many would answer, “An American is a citizen of the United States.” Yet, at the First Continental Congress in 1774, 15 years before the U.S. became a nation of 13 states, Patrick Henry rose to proclaim that, “British oppression has effaced the boundaries of the several colonies; the distinctions between
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