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Antifa Aren’t Revolutionaries, They Serve The Powers That Be 0
- Politics
- September 3, 2020
Antifa rules the streets of Portland and sows chaos in many other American cities. Millions of Americans don’t like Antifa, but many struggle to figure out who these black-masked radicals really are. Conservatives like to call Antifa “fascist” or the modern-day successor to the Ku Klux Klan. Liberals will insist either that Antifa is a
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Trump’s ‘If By Whiskey’ Speech 0
- History
- September 2, 2020
In 1952, Mississippi State Senator Noah Sweat famously gave a speech on the subject of prohibition, which was still highly debated in the South. Promising not to shy away from controversy, he spoke: If when you say whiskey you mean the devil’s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys
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Just an Average Person Turning the World Right Side Up 0
- Culture
- September 2, 2020
A friend of mine was recently venting woes to me in the midst of his bad day. Grumpily recounting his attempt to cool off by walking to a nearby store to buy a soda he said, “I got halfway there and I realized, ‘I don’t have my mask!’” His frustration over this last straw was
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DC Mayor Embraces Report Calling for Removal of Washington Monument 0
- Culture
- September 2, 2020
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday she looks forward to advancing the recommendations made in a report that urged her to remove, relocate, or contextualize the Washington Monument because of its “disqualifying” history. District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) said in a report Monday that it was tasked with evaluating whether statues
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As Kenosha and Minneapolis Burn, Millions of Americans Buy Guns 0
- Politics
- September 2, 2020
It’s increasingly clear to even the average American that if riots come to your neighborhood, you’re on your own. The message received is increasingly be this: if your plan is to wait until the police show up to provide “protection,” be prepared to wait a long time. Consequently, as violence appears to surge in America’s
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A Walk on the Dark Side 0
- Culture
- September 2, 2020
Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Dante Alighieri coined the above phrase in his Divine Comedy, an inscription hung by the poet above the gates of hell. Today “Abandon hope all ye who enter here” might serve as the perfect slogan for that band of anarchists, Marxists, thugs, and all-round loonies running amuck in
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Why the State Seeks to Abolish Both Tradition and History 2
- Culture
- September 1, 2020
In the opening monologue of the much-beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye the milkman compares life for the Jewish inhabitants of the village Anatevka to the balancing act required of a fiddler scratching out a tune on a rooftop. According to Tevya’s famous allegory, the people of Anatevka are able to keep their balance
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Professor Explains How He Trains Students in Civil Discourse 0
- Education
- September 1, 2020
It was getting late and the college student next to me let out a sigh. “I’ve got to get home,” she said. “I still have an assignment I need to complete tonight.” “Aww, really?” I asked as the event we were attending wrapped up. “I hope you don’t have to stay up too late!” “Nah,”
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Just the Facts That We Refuse to Believe 0
- Politics
- September 1, 2020
“Just the facts, ma’am.” This saying is attributed to Police Sergeant Joe Friday on the popular television series “Dragnet,” though Friday actually said, “All we want are the facts, ma’am.” Friday and his partner made evidence and facts the center of their investigations before drawing conclusions. Today facts in our public square are as difficult to
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