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  • Individual Rights and Their Role in the Revolution

    Individual Rights and Their Role in the Revolution0

    America’s Revolutionary Mind, by C. Bradley Thompson (Encounter Books; 584 pp., $32.99).   Thompson’s examination of colonial America’s natural rights political culture and the effects of the Declaration’s oft-quoted passage about unalienable rights is not likely to please members of the traditional right, and as such I consider it required reading. Thompson presents copious evidence

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  • Extinction by Our Own Hand

    Extinction by Our Own Hand0

    A few billion years from now, the Sun will continue in its life cycle, become an expanding red giant, and most likely envelop the Earth. This spectacular solar smack-down should be no problem for humanity, however. We’ll have already met our demise, most likely via omnicide. Sound grim? Check out Mary Shelley’s The Last Man, a

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  • Sticking Up for the First Amendment

    Sticking Up for the First Amendment0

    There is an advantage to being 70 years old, with no Twitter account, no interest in Facebook, no regular job, and no financial dependents. I can speak my mind. I refrain from pushing my politics on others, but if asked I will tell you I supported the Trump-Pence ticket and explain why. If asked my

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  • Do We Not Have Enough Enemies?

    Do We Not Have Enough Enemies?1

    Asked bluntly by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a killer,” Joe Biden answered, “Uh, I do.” Biden added that he once told Putin to his face that he had “no soul.” Biden also indicated that new sanctions would be imposed on Russia for the poisoning of dissident Alexei Navalny

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  • A Look Behind the Barriers at George Floyd Square

    A Look Behind the Barriers at George Floyd Square0

    In recent days, various reporters have been turned away from the now infamous “George Floyd Square” as they tried to film or report from the scene. The area where Floyd died in May of 2020, setting off a chain reaction of riots across the country, has now become an autonomous, no-go zone, dangerous for any

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  • Work, Marriage, Children: There Is Hope for Millennials

    Work, Marriage, Children: There Is Hope for Millennials0

    Get a job. Get married. Have kids. Those seven words are part of the core message in Charles Murray’s The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead, a book I recommend to young people. Most of us have read these recommendations somewhere as a formula for a successful life, and conservatives in particular advocate this approach as

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  • Four Big Things Cheaper Than America’s COVID Spending

    Four Big Things Cheaper Than America’s COVID Spending0

    President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have successfully passed the American Rescue Plan, with its $1,400 stimulus checks and its $1.9 trillion price tag. In total the federal government has now spent enough on COVID stimulus and relief to fund key moments in American history, such as world wars and moon landings, many times over.

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  • Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive

    Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive0

    “I really wish this country would come into the middle,” Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen remarked on Fox News last month. “It’s so polarized on the Left and on the Right.” Van der Veen is not alone in this desire, expressed shortly after Trump’s second impeachment acquittal. Many commentators have noted that the country is “polarized”

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  • Looking Past Our Lilliputian Leaders

    Looking Past Our Lilliputian Leaders0

    All of the presidents of the 21st century—Bush, Obama, Biden, and yes, even Donald Trump—seem a cut below the gravitas and statesmanship of the founding fathers. The first three were—and are—globalists, and as anyone with eyes can see, Joe Biden and his crew are busy taking a wrecking ball to our liberties. Regarding Donald Trump,

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