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A Little Fellow Follows Me23
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 6, 2025
Laugh if you want, but I enjoy the Netflix series Cobra Kai. While I rooted for Daniel in the original ’80s movie, my favorite character is now Daniel’s rival Johnny Lawrence. My kids saw enough similarities between Johnny and me to buy an Eagle Fang Karate shirt for my birthday. I assume it’s because we share
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Sydney Sweeney and the Conservative Hot Girl27
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 5, 2025
For many on the right, the enemy of their enemy is their friend. A recent example of this is the now-infamous Sydney Sweeney jeans ad. Last week, left-wing “experts” made a serious attempt to smear the jeans brand American Eagle as fascist for daring to feature blonde bombshell Sydney Sweeney. The advertisement features Sweeney making cheeky
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‘To Labor Is to Pray’ – Reviving Craftsmanship in American Life18
- Culture, Economics, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 5, 2025
I’ve had a nagging feeling in recent months that I’m a bit of a dinosaur in a certain area of fashion. The reason? I still wear a wristwatch. By wristwatch, I don’t mean a minicomputer screen strapped above my hand from which I get texts and monitor my heartbeat and blood pressure (or whatever else
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Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans and the Pursuit of Happiness32
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 4, 2025
Can it be true? Can a blue jeans advertisement perform like a magician’s top hat, producing irony, racism, sex appeal, body positivity, Nazism, and eugenics all at the same time? Apparently so. Recently, American Eagle jeans featured actress Sydney Sweeney in an ad that caused some heads to explode among our ever vigilant supervisors of
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The Newest ‘War of the Worlds’ and Its Unsteady Message on Data Privacy40
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- August 1, 2025
A new adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic “War of the Worlds” hit Amazon Prime this week – and it is a doozy. Already at #2 on the Amazon charts, this version boasts a unique perspective. That perspective? A computer monitor. The entire film is presented as if the audience is watching a recording of a single screen,
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Make Peace With Boredom37
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- July 31, 2025
In the city of Drachten in the Netherlands a four-way intersection sits in the middle of a town square. Cars, trucks, buses, and bicycles all weave between one other as they navigate the road. A middle-aged Dutchman walks casually into the intersection, talking with a friend. He turns around, walking backwards. He closes his eyes.
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To Have a Neighborhood, You Must First Be a Good Neighbor29
- Culture, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 30, 2025
“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood A beautiful day for a neighbor Would you be mine? Could you be mine?” That’s the opening to the song written, composed, and made famous by Fred Rogers on his long-running show for children. That song came to mind this past week when I was sitting on my
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Is it Time to Admit That Divorce Hurts Kids Big Time?34
In May of this year, the Institute of Family Studies reported on groundbreaking research about the effects of divorce on children and families. The short version? It’s not good. But that shouldn’t surprise those of us who believe there’s a reason that marriage is among the oldest human institutions. The study by Andrew Johnston, Maggie Jones, and Nolan Pope used tax
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How to Have the Epitaph of a Famous Man21
- Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- July 28, 2025
Have you ever noticed that there are times in life when a whole rash of famous people die in a short time span? People bemoan the loss in public posts or statements, recalling the great exploits of these individuals, be they actors, musicians, or other types of public figures. Despite their fame, the remembrance of
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