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  • Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time?

    Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time?0

    Traveling to Philadelphia Tuesday, President Joe Biden laid out in apocalyptic terms the gravity of the “threat” to American democracy from Republican efforts to reform and rewrite state election laws. We are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War. That’s not hyperbole. Since the Civil War. The Confederates back then

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  • Beauty and the Brutalist: The Architectural Effect on Our Souls

    Beauty and the Brutalist: The Architectural Effect on Our Souls0

    There is a beautiful conservatory in my hometown that houses flower gardens year-round despite our chilly northern clime. Its soaring glass dome was built in 1915 and gracefully presides over a beautiful pond and manicured grounds in a stately way reminiscent of the Capitol dome. Several years ago, the park hosting the conservatory must have

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  • On Neighborly Conduct and Immigration

    On Neighborly Conduct and Immigration0

    Who Is My Neighbor? An Anthology in Natural Relations, by Thomas Achord and Darrell Dow (584 pp., $24.99). The headmaster of a classical Christian school has teamed up with a statistician to collect and sort thousands of quotations pertaining to human relationships from myriad religious, political, and historic figures. The result is an invaluable reference for patriots

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  • Congress, We’ve Got Your Number

    Congress, We’ve Got Your Number0

    Dear Members of Congress: Some of you who are doing your duty in representing your constituents need not pay attention to this letter. You know who you are. For the rest of you, I have a question: Where in the name of our country are you people? Since Jan. 20, we’ve had a crisis at

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  • The Forgotten Conservatism of ‘No Country for Old Men’

    The Forgotten Conservatism of ‘No Country for Old Men’0

    When students hear me introduce No Country for Old Men as a deeply political novel with a right-wing position on contemporary American society, those who have seen the film adaptation by the Coen brothers perhaps wonder if the movie and the Cormac McCarthy novel are unrelated entities that just happen to bear the same title. What they

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  • Feds’ Bill for No-Fly Secrets: $4,536

    Feds’ Bill for No-Fly Secrets: $4,5360

    I sent a simple request in April to my government for public data that taxpayers have the right to see. Through the federal Freedom of Information Act, I asked the Transportation Security Administration (as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation) for the following information: No. 1: The policy statement outlining the processes and criteria

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  • The Agenda Worse Than Critical Race Theory

    The Agenda Worse Than Critical Race Theory0

    Few notice what is taught in school until it is too late. Today’s push for Critical Race Theory (CRT) is extraordinarily ambitious, and it is hard for defenders of traditional education to imagine anything more toxic than this theory that has seemingly burst on the scene. But, as bad as it may seem, CRT is

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  • Seeds of Hope in a Handful of America’s Youth

    Seeds of Hope in a Handful of America’s Youth0

    On Independence Day weekend, 130 high school seniors and their families gathered to celebrate their graduation from the Seton Home Study School, an international Catholic homeschooling company located here in Front Royal, Virginia. They came from 35 states and Puerto Rico to join the festivities and walk across a stage to receive their diplomas. After

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  • Seventy Years Old and an NBA Star (in My Mind)

    Seventy Years Old and an NBA Star (in My Mind)1

    I’m 70 years old, 5’7”, and a bit past my ideal measurement on the Body Mass Index. Let’s say I wake up tomorrow morning, look at myself in the mirror, and suddenly decide I’m capable of hitting three pointers in the National Basketball Association. I see myself soaring through the air like Michael Jordan, ball

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