This week, I met a good friend of mine at a local restaurant, the first time we’d got together since before the onset of the pestilence. He is a Presbyterian pastor and a great lover of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It was, in fact, Tolkien who had introduced us to each other, in the
READ MOREIn the 1970s hit show, “All In The Family”, Carroll O’Connor played Archie Bunker, a blue-collar worker and family man. Archie’s liberal daughter Gloria and her husband Mike often mocked Archie for his conservative views. Mike and Gloria were young, bright, cool, and always in the liberal camp; Archie was stodgy, opposed change, and was
READ MOREEighty-one percent of black Americans said they would prefer if police spend the same amount of time or more time in their neighborhoods, according to a Gallup survey released Wednesday. The survey, which also includes responses from other racial and ethnic groups, indicates that 20 percent of black respondents said they want an increased police
READ MOREAs the last wisps of smoke still curl up from the ashes of the widespread destruction left behind by the “mostly peaceful” social justice warriors who burned, smashed, and looted in the name of promoting tolerance and harmony, new details emerge regarding the catalytic death of George Floyd. It now turns out that the authorities
READ MOREDenmark boasts one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world. As of August 4, the Danes have suffered 616 COVID-19 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. That’s less than one-third of the number of Danes who die from pneumonia or influenza in a given year. Despite this success, Danish leaders recently
READ MOREJoe Biden is continuing to suffer from a terrible case of foot-in-mouth disease when it comes to discussing black Americans and their politics. The tone-deaf former vice president recently claimed “that the Latino community is ‘incredibly diverse,’ ‘unlike’ the black community.” “Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community
READ MOREWhen is a law a law? The question seems simple enough, but things get complicated pretty quickly. We have our Constitution, of course. But we also have federal, state, county, and local laws, and then there are numerous federal, state, and local regulations that various bodies enact to carry out laws. There are so many
READ MOREThe bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki signaled the end of World War II, but it also signaled the beginning of postwar American power. The U.S. used its weapon status to control a new international order that has prevailed for the last 75 years. Modern orthodoxy tells us that America gained its status as world hegemon
READ MORE1. True or False: COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the U.S. False. It’s not even close. As of July 25, the most recent date for which Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data is available, there were 135,579 deaths related to the contagion, less than 10 percent of the more than
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