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  • Kyle Rittenhouse, Both Right and Righteous

    Kyle Rittenhouse, Both Right and Righteous0

    In judging the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, set aside for the moment Wisconsin law under which he is being tried, and consider the natural law, the moral law, the higher law written on the human heart. In terms of values demonstrated and the deeds done that night that Rittenhouse shot the three men who attacked

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  • Why Your Son Should Reconsider College

    Why Your Son Should Reconsider College1

    A young friend of mine is in his last year of high school and asking the age-old “what do I do with my life” question. Most average high school seniors would be settling on their final liberal arts college choice right now—more concerned about the climbing wall in the student center and the cafeteria entrees

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  • New Harvard Study Is Good News for Homeschoolers Once Again

    New Harvard Study Is Good News for Homeschoolers Once Again0

    Researchers at Harvard University just released findings from their new study showing positive outcomes for homeschooled students. Writing in The Wall Street Journal last week, Brendan Case and Ying Chen of the Harvard Human Flourishing Program concluded that public school students “were less forgiving and less apt to volunteer or attend religious services than their

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  • What’s in a Name: The Brandon Phenomenon

    What’s in a Name: The Brandon Phenomenon0

    “Let’s go, Brandon!”            By now, most readers know the meaning hidden in those three words. If you don’t, Google them or ask an acquaintance. I’m trying to avoid the F-bomb here.            Throughout the fall, football stadiums across the country have reverberated with that chant and

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  • Swine Flu Was Far More Deadly to Children Than COVID-19

    Swine Flu Was Far More Deadly to Children Than COVID-190

    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio this week announced he is considering requiring children as young as five years old to demonstrate proof of vaccination to enter private establishments, such as restaurants and gymnasiums. Though New York City only began making vaccinations available to children a week ago, the outgoing mayor said he’d like

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  • Parent and School Board Tensions Could Be Eased By School Choice

    Parent and School Board Tensions Could Be Eased By School Choice0

    Public education has been under the microscope lately, especially since many states shut down in-person learning last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. With children learning from home via technology, many parents had the chance to hear what their children’s teachers were saying—and they didn’t always like it. In fact, many were downright disturbed by what

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  • Are Democrats Looking to the Lifeboats?

    Are Democrats Looking to the Lifeboats?0

    Not so long ago, President Joe Biden was being talked of as a transformative president, a second Franklin D. Roosevelt in terms of the domestic agenda he would enact. And there was substance to the claim. Early in his presidency, Biden had passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package. While his majorities in both houses of

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  • ‘They Ain’t A-Gonna Stop’

    ‘They Ain’t A-Gonna Stop’0

    Long ago I read in some biography or study of William Faulkner that he and a friend were driving down a country road at night during a driving rain storm. Suddenly the car plunged into a flooded pond. After the two men waded to shore, his friend asked, “Bill, right before we hit the water,

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  • Kyle Rittenhouse and the Individual’s Choice to Take the Witness Stand

    Kyle Rittenhouse and the Individual’s Choice to Take the Witness Stand0

    I’ve watched the Kyle Rittenhouse court proceedings this week with interest, not only because they are a microcosm of the cultural struggle over basic constitutional rights, but because they’ve turned into a fascinating legal drama. Who needs television shows such as Law and Order when you have a judge continually hauling the prosecution to the

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