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  • Countering the Spiritual Darkness Brought by Coronavirus

    Countering the Spiritual Darkness Brought by Coronavirus0

    Let me first speak plainly: I am not given to self-pity. Like all adults my age, I’ve experienced sadness and heartbreak – deaths, financial setbacks, disappointments – and I’ve wronged and hurt others, but never did I shake a fist at God, life, or fate, and ask “Why me?” Self-pity is not a part of

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  • The Great American Story: It’s Time to Accentuate the Positive

    The Great American Story: It’s Time to Accentuate the Positive0

    The theme of the upcoming 2020 Republican National Convention will be “Honoring the Great American Story.” Rather than criticizing all that’s wrong with America, as the Democrats are likely to do, Republicans plan on celebrating American life and history. On the opening day of the convention, August 24, speakers will focus on America as the “Land of

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  • Should America Be Guided by ‘Narratives’ or Truth?

    Should America Be Guided by ‘Narratives’ or Truth?0

    In a recent interview, Attorney General William Barr said of the dominant news media: They are projecting a narrative. When the word ‘narrative’ came into currency, I knew we were in trouble, because the word narrative suggests that there’s no objective truth. There’s no real story of what happened, it’s just everyone has their own

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  • Poly-Parenting: Is This The Brave New World We Want?

    Poly-Parenting: Is This The Brave New World We Want?0

    In her recent New York Times article, “The Poly-Parent Households Are Coming,” Professor Debora L. Spar of Harvard Business School seems eager to welcome what she paints as the inevitable arrival of poly-parenting – babies biotechnologically conceived by any number of parent donors of every combination of biological sex. All this and more is facilitated by coming

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  • Michelle Obama and the Woke Capitalists Destroying America

    Michelle Obama and the Woke Capitalists Destroying America0

    On August 17, Michelle Obama delivered a speech to a remote DNC convention from her palatial home in Martha’s Vineyard. Among other grievances that reached the listeners were these: “Stating the simple fact that a black life matters is still met with derision from the nation’s highest office.” Further: “They see our leaders labelling fellow citizens

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  • China’s Growing Influence on Campus

    China’s Growing Influence on Campus0

    The U.S. government has opened a multi-front assault on the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of American institutions. Chinese companies that don’t abide by American securities laws will be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges under an executive order signed by the president. Another order prohibits federal workers’ pension funds from being invested in Chinese-controlled companies. Yet

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  • Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California

    Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California0

    This Friday, Uber and Lyft are set to entirely shut down ride-sharing operations in California. The businesses’ exit from the Golden State will leave hundreds of thousands of drivers unemployed and millions of Californians chasing an expensive cab. Sadly, this was preventable.  Here’s how we got to this point. In September of 2019, the California

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  • Judge Blocks Law Preventing Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports

    Judge Blocks Law Preventing Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports0

    U.S. District Judge David Nye of Idaho ordered a preliminary injunction on Monday temporarily halting a state law that prohibits transgender girls and women from competing in female athletics, the Idaho Statesman reported. Nye’s ruling will allow transgender girls and women to participate in women’s sports this upcoming fall at colleges and in secondary schools

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  • Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ Compatible With the American Tradition?

    Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ Compatible With the American Tradition?0

    Although they operate under the banner of social justice, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and its allies are a pernicious force. The false narratives, the toleration of lawlessness, and the punishment of dissenters have left our society in disarray. Americans of all races and political stripes should reject these tactics. The problems with BLM

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