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The Parental Quandary of Letting Go 5
- Culture, Family, Politics, Uncategorized
- May 31, 2022
She was my firstborn, the privileged one who received the slavish affections of a delirious father instantly smitten by the new, fragile, squirming, little creature. Her birth unleased a whole new range of emotions and sensations: drooling euphoria, unhinged rapture, besotted reverence, incoherent adulation. There were the feedings and diaper changes and other more tedious
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Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Ongoing Assault on the United States 1
- International, Politics, Western Civilization
- May 31, 2022
What I know about China I’ve learned from websites and online commentaries. In short, I don’t know much. But retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding does. Spalding, the author of a new book, War Without Rules: China’s Playbook for World Domination, discusses China’s policy of unrestricted warfare in a recent episode of The Epoch
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Bureaucracy Doesn’t Allow Courage 11
- Politics, Culture, Philosophy
- May 27, 2022
The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, has shifted dramatically in the last few days from the horror of young lives needlessly snuffed out by a gunman, to the horror of why more wasn’t done to save them. Finger-pointing and blaming abound, particularly toward the police who responded to the shooting. Video footage and firsthand accounts have
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A Gallon of Gas Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage in These Cities 2
- Economics, Politics
- May 27, 2022
As nearly 40 million Americans prepare to travel for Memorial Day weekend, they’re confronted with an unpleasant reality: gasoline prices are through the roof. Last week, for the first time ever, gas prices topped $4 in every single state. On Wednesday, Florida hit a new record high—$4.57 a gallon. That’s a lot, but it pales in comparison to
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Are All Men Created Equal?3
- History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- May 27, 2022
Ideology is political religion, said the conservative sage Russell Kirk. And what is the defining dogma of the political religion, or ideology, of America in 2022? Is it not that, “All men are created equal”? Yet, as with every religion, a basic question needs first to be asked and answered about this defining dogma of liberal
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The Pandemic ‘Treaty’ About to Land on Our Doorstep 1
- Science, International, Politics
- May 26, 2022
Almost 50 years ago, I had a conversation with my Uncle Russ, a family physician and a life-long Democrat. I was still a college kid, moderately liberal, and happened to say during a discussion of foreign policy something like, “Well, someday we’ll be better off with a world government like the United Nations.” To this
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