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  • Autocracy vs. Democracy or China vs. America?

    Autocracy vs. Democracy or China vs. America?0

    “I’ve known Xi Jinping for a long time. … He doesn’t have a democratic—with a small ‘d’—bone in his body,” said Joe Biden in his first press conference as president, and then he ambled on:          He’s one of the guys, like (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, who thinks that autocracy is the

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  • Teaching History Without Identity Politics

    Teaching History Without Identity Politics1

    “Our children need to learn more history and civics!” is a regular rallying cry for those who want to see America returned to its moral and common sense roots. That a greater emphasis on history and civics is needed is evident from The Nation’s Report Card, which finds only 24 percent of American high school seniors

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  • Let the Kids Play Despite COVID

    Let the Kids Play Despite COVID0

    Even as COVID-19 vaccines keep rolling out in the millions, the fearmongering of the American media continues unabated. A recent CNN article instructs parents on “What to do if you’re vaccinated but your kids aren’t.” While the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for people 16 and older, the other vaccines are only approved for those 18

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  • Some Arguments for Guns You Never Hear

    Some Arguments for Guns You Never Hear0

    Two recent mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado, have once again roused those whose goal is to destroy the Second Amendment. Before the bodies of the slain were buried, before the bereft were given even a day or two for grieving, these politicians and commentators were calling for new restrictions on gun ownership.

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  • Battling COVID: A Personal Score

    Battling COVID: A Personal Score0

    After three weeks’ absence I am back with a piece untypical of my standard work: an attempt to reconstruct my battle with The Virus and the resulting double pneumonia. I took the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine upon returning to Belgrade following a three month absence. Booking it online at 48 hours’ notice was easy, and I chose the

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  • Wokeness Is No Laughing Matter

    Wokeness Is No Laughing Matter2

    I remember once hearing someone who dealt with such things point out that there was one particular trait characterizing all cult religions: the lack of a sense of humor, not only with regard to others, but in relation to themselves as well. Cult religions, after all, are usually obsessed with one doctrine, to which all

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  • Why Putin’s Pipeline Is Welcome in Germany

    Why Putin’s Pipeline Is Welcome in Germany0

    During a joint interview with Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian secretary-general of NATO, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, fresh from his bout with the Chinese in Anchorage, took on Angela Merkel and the Germans. Issue: Nord Stream 2, the Baltic Sea pipeline Vladimir Putin is building to complement his Nord Stream 1 and carry more natural

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  • Michelle Obama’s Justified Complaint of Existence

    Michelle Obama’s Justified Complaint of Existence0

    Recently The Michelle Obama Podcast revealed shocking information that should concern all white people. “When I’ve been completely incognito during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal,” Obama explained, “people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me.” She further

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  • What Sex Is For

    What Sex Is For0

    In 2019, my then-fiancée and I met with our priest during the premarital counselling process. One of his questions was whether we wanted children. We said we did. That was good, he replied. If we didn’t, he would refuse to marry us. Although he would make exceptions for marriages beset by genetic, medical, or mental

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