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China: Pelosi Trip to Taiwan a Provocation0
- International, Politics
- July 26, 2022
When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi added to the itinerary of a valedictory trip through Asia the island of Taiwan, she could not have been oblivious to the reaction she would produce in a stunned Beijing. Thus, when the Financial Times revealed that the speaker would be visiting Taiwan, which China regards as a
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The Dutch Are Awake. Are We?3
- International, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 25, 2022
“Who’s there?” That challenge by a guard at Elsinore Castle is the first line in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “Who’s there?” is a question that pervades the play. We in the audience ask each of the play’s main characters—the ghost of Hamlet’s father; the ghost’s murderer, Claudius; Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, now married to her husband’s killer; the
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Is There Any Such Thing as a ‘Good Divorce’?8
- Family, Culture, Western Civilization
- July 22, 2022
If you ever want to get an interesting—sometimes shocking—glimpse of today’s culture, try reading the advice columns that populate many of the nation’s newspapers. A letter to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column caught my eye today. The letter writer explained that a friend (“Chrissy”) in her late 30s was still dealing with the effects of her
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Want a Life of Adventure, Drama, and Comedy? Have Kids.5
- Culture, Family, Western Civilization
- July 21, 2022
Only “61 percent of the able workforce is currently officially employed,” Victor Davis Hanson writes in a recent Epoch Times article. “In just 14 years,” he notes further, “the fertility rate has crashed to 1.64 from 2.12—meaning that both citizens and resident aliens in America aren’t replacing themselves.” That replacement rate without immigration is approximately
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Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?5
- Politics, Culture, Religion, Western Civilization
- July 21, 2022
In 1787, as Benjamin Franklin left the final session of the Constitutional Convention, he was asked what form of government the delegates had given America. “A Republic,” he answered, “if you can keep it.” Spoiler alert: we didn’t. In 1963, Leonard Read warned Americans that “our once-upon-a-time Republic” was degenerating into something else; “we are headed into
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Turning Pain Into a Blessing2
When my editor offered the opportunity to write some stories on folks whose health was adversely affected by the COVID-19 vaccine, I jumped at the chance. The assignment may sound depressing to some, but I knew it was important to write the stories of a group of people who’ve been marginalized and ignored. What I
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A Transplant Miracle That Defied COVID Tyranny1
DALLAS—Leilani Lutali and Jaimee Fougner are alive, giggling and ready to fight for truth, justice, and faith. I visited them this weekend at Baylor University Medical Center’s aptly named post-kidney transplant surgery center called the Twice Blessed House. If not for their stubborn resistance and persistence, Leilani most likely would not have survived COVID tyranny—and
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We’re Overdue for a Reality Check1
“Denial,” goes an old Alcoholics Anonymous word-pun, “isn’t just a river in Egypt.” Agreed. My online dictionary defines denial as “the action of declaring something to be untrue, a statement that something is not true.” A classic example of that definition recently happened in Los Angeles. Likely boosted by a media looking for headlines, officials
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Northern Arizona University to Require Four Diversity Courses to Graduate1
Schools are making it harder to focus on academic subjects such as economics, history, math, and science, by forcing students to waste time taking classes that indoctrinate them in left-wing ideology, such as “critical theory” or critical race theory. The College Fix reports on a recent example. Northern Arizona University will soon require students to
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