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  • Melting Down Art and History

    Melting Down Art and History0

    After the Civil War, former North Carolina governor Zeb Vance became a U.S. senator. His Northern colleagues enjoyed his affable nature and sense of humor, and some of them invited him to Massachusetts during a break in government business. While there, Vance attended a party, and eventually required a visit to the outhouse, where his

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  • Biden’s Full Plate—Ukraine, Taiwan, Tehran

    Biden’s Full Plate—Ukraine, Taiwan, Tehran0

    One day after warning Russian President Vladimir Putin he would face “severe” economic sanctions, “like ones he’s never seen,” should Russia invade Ukraine, President Joe Biden assured Americans that sending U.S. combat troops to Ukraine is “not on the table.” America is not going to fight Russia over Ukraine. “The idea that the United States

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  • Finding Hope in a Dark Time

    Finding Hope in a Dark Time0

    There’s something about sorrow, pain, and suffering that make an individual and his thoughts more poignant, mature, and full of meaning. No one likes to suffer. Yet there is something beautiful, almost hopeful that comes out of loss and difficult times. I thought about this while reflecting on the words of the Advent hymn, “O

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  • The Left’s Vaccine Hypocrisy

    The Left’s Vaccine Hypocrisy0

    The left wants liberty for pregnant women but tells the rest of us to pound salt. On Monday, lame-duck New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, “Omicron is here, and it looks very transmissible.” So, de Blasio, ignoring scientific evidence that current COVID-19 vaccines will not stop the variant from spreading, decreed all private

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  • Inside the Vaccine Passport Racket

    Inside the Vaccine Passport Racket0

    The profit-maximizing corporations that covet your “digital health” data hide behind nonprofit umbrella groups that pose as public interest do-gooders. These vaccine passport profiteers are turning millions of human beings into walking QR codes in the name of fighting COVID-19 and under the guise of bringing “normalcy” back. It’s an unprecedented worldwide racket that rewards

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  • Blood On Their Hands: Some Government Policies Are Killing Americans

    Blood On Their Hands: Some Government Policies Are Killing Americans0

    The policies of some of our bureaucrats and elected officials are killing or harming American citizens. Their intentions may be good—that point is debatable—but the results are devastating.            The COVID-19 Pandemic. Remember when former Governor Andrew Cuomo shoved COVID patients into nursing homes? Thousands died. No one was punished for

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  • Indicators Show Totalitarianism in America Is Just Around the Corner

    Indicators Show Totalitarianism in America Is Just Around the Corner0

    “NYC, what is it about you?” the old song from the musical Annie starts, going on to say, “No other town in the whole forty-eight can half compare to you.” It seems New York City is doing its best to keep this reputation of uniqueness intact with its rollout of what Mayor Bill de Blasio

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  • Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan Following Deadly Tragedy

    Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan Following Deadly Tragedy0

    In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Oxford, Michigan this week that claimed the lives of four teenagers and injured seven others, state board of education member Tom McMillin called for an end to Michigan’s compulsory schooling laws. “Repeal compulsory schooling laws,” McMillin announced in a Facebook post on Thursday. “State needs to

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  • We’re All on This Train Together

    We’re All on This Train Together0

    “All aboard!”            North Carolina writer Anna Raglan was delighted to find that Amtrak’s conductors still called out these words to passengers before departing the station. In her new travelogue The Train From Greenville, Raglan, a kind and wise friend of mine, describes a journey she made by rail from Greenville,

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