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  • The Four Biggest Problems with Biden’s Vaccine Order

    The Four Biggest Problems with Biden’s Vaccine Order0

    Back in December of 2020, then President-elect Biden said that he would not make vaccines against COVID-19 mandatory, nor did he think they should be mandatory. Given the new vaccine mandate by the White House, set to affect nearly 100 million Americans by some estimates, one reasonably conclude that Biden misled the people. However, Biden’s

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  • Diversity Fiction Meets Culture-Clashing Truth

    Diversity Fiction Meets Culture-Clashing Truth0

    Homeland Elegies: A Novel, by Ayad Akhtar (Little, Brown & Co.; 368 pp., $28.00). Mark Twain wrote in his 1897 travel book, Following the Equator: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” That saying came in handy as I read this book, described on its jacket as

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  • Throwing Victimhood in the Trash

    Throwing Victimhood in the Trash0

    We can trace our American penchant for victimhood back decades. Consider the 1957 musical “West Side Story,” which features two New York City gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, warring with each other. At one point, some of the Jets sing “Gee, Officer Krupke,” in which they mock the reasons given by the courts, psychologists,

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  • New Study Finds Mask Mandate Failed to Reduce COVID Effects

    New Study Finds Mask Mandate Failed to Reduce COVID Effects0

    A new study published in the The Southern Medical Journal (SMJ) found that a county-wide mask order in Bexar County, Texas, did not lead to a reduction in COVID-19 hospitalization rates or deaths. The study, which was peer reviewed, analyzed data before and after mandates were imposed at both the state level (July 3, 2020)

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  • Twenty Years after 9/11—Are We Better Off?

    Twenty Years after 9/11—Are We Better Off?0

    When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that first 9/11, the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary for al-Qaida. Today, the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan and providing sanctuary to al-Qaida. What then did our longest war accomplish?      The Afghan army and

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  • The Coming Abortion Insurrection

    The Coming Abortion Insurrection0

    I told you it was coming. Back in May, on my show, “Sovereign Nation,” I chronicled significant signs of pro-life progress that were driving death-lobby Democrats mad—and I warned of a wave of intolerant tantrums to come as we hurtle into autumn. It’s here. In a 5-4 ruling last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused

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  • Telling the Truth About Stalin

    Telling the Truth About Stalin0

    In discussions of World War II, much emphasis and critical attention has been conferred on German forces and actions. What is often overlooked, however, are the Soviet deeds during the same time period.   Author Sean McMeekin, a historical studies professor at Bard College, seeks to slay this sacred cow of the historical profession and

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  • Abortion: Not Just for Women Anymore

    Abortion: Not Just for Women Anymore0

    Like childbearing, abortion isn’t just for women anymore. That is the message coming from the LGBT community and what were once thought of as women’s rights groups in response to Texas Senate Bill 8, the new Texas anti-abortion law. These culturally powerful groups are using the new law to promote current gender ideology, which views

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  • The Convocation Address You Will Never Hear Delivered

    The Convocation Address You Will Never Hear Delivered0

    Schools are reconvening and students are finally returning to the great halls of learning, albeit masked. Colleges are holding convocations to welcome a new class to begin their multiyear stay on campus. Convocation addresses are often delivered by the college president, traditionally a devastatingly unexciting speaker, while more lucky students get to hear wisdom disseminated

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