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  • The Women Taking an Alternative Path in the Nationwide Library Fights

    The Women Taking an Alternative Path in the Nationwide Library Fights1

    Let’s begin, as so many good things begin, with the dream. For years, conservative political activist, wife, and mother Connie Marshner of Front Royal, Va., dreamed of opening a private library, one aimed particularly at children. “I had collected books forever, especially children’s books, because I believe so strongly in beauty and beautiful books,” Marshner

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  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

    The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter4

    Is there an epidemic of loneliness in the United States? Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy thought so. In 2023, he declared a national epidemic of loneliness and isolation, stating in June 2024, “The overall mortality impact of loneliness and isolation are on par with smoking daily, and they’re even greater than the mortality impact we

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  • And the Key to a Happy Marriage Is…

    And the Key to a Happy Marriage Is…2

    If you’re like me, the older you get, the more you see friends divorce … friends that seemed like the perfect couple … friends that you didn’t think were ever in danger of splitting. Sadly, the reason given for these divorces all too often runs along the lines of a lack of happiness – a

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  • Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb

    Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb1

    The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the Nation’s Report Card, came out in January, and student reading scores slipped once again. About 40% of fourth-graders and 33% of eighth-graders scored below the test’s basic level. Although states like Alabama provided bright spots in this grim picture with improvement in reading and

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  • Make Sports Apolitical Again

    Make Sports Apolitical Again2

    The Philadelphia Eagles trounced the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, and as always with the annual event, the national conversation was as much about the advertisements as the game. I was pleasantly surprised, amid our current political rancor, to note some messaging promoting patriotism, unity and civility, appeals

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  • The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture

    The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture24

    Last week, President Trump made an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Trump’s speech contained a number of comments on religion–even hinting at his own deepened faith since the bullet grazed his ear in July 2024–but actually didn’t focus much on the breakfast’s titular object: prayer. Trump may not place much emphasis on

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  • Do You Want a Revolution? Sing.

    Do You Want a Revolution? Sing.1

    On April 17, 2007, the day after 32 people were killed in the Virginia Tech mass shooting, thousands of students stood in the center of campus for a candlelight vigil. Two trumpeters played “Taps,” while a few of those gathered sang “Amazing Grace.” Apart from that, the crowd was silent. In the aftermath of the tragedy,

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  • Candles of Hope in America’s Growing Counterculture

    Candles of Hope in America’s Growing Counterculture1

    “America is literally committing suicide right in front of our eyes,” Michael Snyder says in his article, “‘Civilizations Die From Suicide’: Here are 16 Signs That Our Society Is Doing Exactly That.” The numbers Snyder cites do indeed point to a precipitous decline of the land of the free and the brave. Our suicide rates have

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  • JD Vance’s Three Tips for Restoring Honor in our Society

    JD Vance’s Three Tips for Restoring Honor in our Society1

    So much attention has been devoted to President Donald Trump and the breakneck speed at which he’s making changes in our nation’s government the last few weeks that many may have missed something that his second in command, JD Vance, did. Tucked away on an obscure little corner of X, Vance left this unassuming note:

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