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  • The Media Is Returning to Common Sense… or Deeper Propaganda

    The Media Is Returning to Common Sense… or Deeper Propaganda0

    I noticed a strange occurrence lately, which started when several articles began to appear asking if we should still wear masks outside. My first reaction to this was, “What do you mean ‘still’?! You don’t need masks outside!” But apparently, officials in states other than my own think you do. Slate, it appears, kicked off this questioning of

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  • The DC Statehood Power Grab

    The DC Statehood Power Grab0

    “How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?” asked President Abraham Lincoln, who answered his own question: “Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” And Congress’ saying that D.C. is a state would equally contradict truth and reality, as our nation’s capital lacks

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  • Politics Is Not the Only Game in Town

    Politics Is Not the Only Game in Town2

    For many conservatives today’s political news may resemble the early days of World War II: endless defeats and little to suggest future victories. Make no mistake, the defeats are real, but the situation is not as bleak as it may appear. The left triumphs in the political realm and this makes its victories public. By

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  • Understanding the Psychology of the WWII Concentration Camps

    Understanding the Psychology of the WWII Concentration Camps0

    The novelist Martin Amis is the son of Kingsley Amis, whose Lucky Jim (1954) was a spectacular success. Noting the father’s “brilliance and ‘facile bravura,’” Atlantic critic Geoffrey Wheatcroft asserted that Martin “misunderstood his hereditary gifts when he turned from playful comedy to ‘the great issues of our time.’” Among his “great issues” is that of Nazi concentration camps,

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  • Saying Goodbye to Papa

    Saying Goodbye to Papa0

    I first became a huge fan of Ernest “Papa” Hemingway back in my twenties. I read his short stories, nearly all his novels, and his memoir, A Moveable Feast, recounting the time in Paris when he was just beginning his adventures in fiction. I also read several biographies about him, including Carlos Baker’s classic Ernest Hemingway: A

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  • Three Words No Politician Wants to Say

    Three Words No Politician Wants to Say0

    Google “magical words thank you please,” and you’ll find short lists of words and sayings that make us better people both inside and outside of our homes. “Please,” “Thank you,” You’re welcome,” “Excuse me,” and “I’m sorry” head up these lists, as they should. Add “I love you” in special situations, and you have the

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  • Is America Led Today By Anti-Americans?

    Is America Led Today By Anti-Americans?0

    How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin that dates back to her birth as a nation?  Consider. After his long night of prayer for “the right verdict” to be pronounced—Derek Chauvin was convicted

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  • Courage Is Worth the Risk

    Courage Is Worth the Risk0

    “I took a chance on an ‘imperfect’ pregnancy,” the title of a New York Times article recently proclaimed. Intrigued, I read about author Jacquelynn Kerubo’s journey through a fertility clinic where, after initial treatments, she and her husband were told that they had a “mosaic embryo.” A mosaic embryo, Kerubo explains, is one which could

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  • The Chauvin Verdict and Life Lessons on Police Stops

    The Chauvin Verdict and Life Lessons on Police Stops0

    The jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of all the charges. No surprise. Many others are now writing about the intimidation of the court and the jury by the politicians, media, and rioters who have been enforcing their distorted view of justice on the country for at least the last year. The thing that has occupied

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