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Are We Living Through an Authority Crisis?6
The American government has become incredibly powerful, but it’s lost much of its authority. That’s a serious problem: The difference between power and authority is the difference between tyranny and law, mob rule and republicanism, oligarchy and statesmanship. When the dividing line between the two break down, chaos results. For years, Americans have viewed both
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A Children’s Book We Can All Learn From: ‘Farmhouse’ by Sophie Blackall1
- Literature, MomThink
- August 2, 2024
The old farmhouse that my wife grew up in has been in her family since the Civil War. It’s seeped in memories and nostalgia as generations of large families have been raised there, making it the witness of the countless joys, sorrows, failures, and achievements that go along with growing up. When we visit there,
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Friday Comic: Looking for a Higher Power0
- Entertainment
- August 2, 2024
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When Conventional Medicine Fails—Then What?6
We live in an unprecedented time in history. Never before has healthcare separated botanical medicine (using herbs to treat disease and illness) so strikingly from the conventional medicine of the day. But why has botanical medicine become something people turn to only when conventional medicine has failed them? From what I can tell, botanical medicine
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Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point1
Two weeks ago, three unlikely bedfellows joined forces to announce their intention to cut K-12 chronic absenteeism in half by 2029. The right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left-leaning Education Trust, and the nonprofit organization Attendance Works revealed their plan in Washington, DC. The coalition hopes to combat chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 percent or more
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The Politics of Stephen King’s Fiction6
- Literature, Featured
- July 31, 2024
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of Stephen King, and I came to wonder about the horror writer’s political ideas. Several right-leaning essayists have already noticed a seeming disconnect between King’s politics and the spirit of his fiction. Tim Cavanaugh labels King a “lefty,” yet notes that his stories are full of “hard-headed pragmatism and
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Why Karl Marx Hated Jews1
Let us be wary of the soothing narrative that downplays the seriousness of growing antisemitism. The belief that Jew hate will diminish once the Israel-Hamas war concludes may be misguided. As I go about my daily life, antisemitism is still a thing of the past. Not so on college campuses and in some cities. Like Elon
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Has Hollywood Killed Originality?5
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured
- July 30, 2024
In bygone days, Hollywood was a bastion of original storytelling and imagination. The industry produced new tales that inspired us and transported us into another realm. But those days are long over, and we, the audience, have no choice but to endure the production of stale remakes and banal retellings of old narratives. Hollywood production
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What Jerry Seinfeld Learned While Reading Marcus Aurelius0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- July 29, 2024
Emperor of Rome from 161–180 AD, Marcus Aurelius is remembered as the “Philosopher King,” largely because of his classic work Meditations, a cornerstone of Stoic philosophy that delves into such themes as reason, virtue, self-control, self-improvement, and finding peace in a turbulent world. The book might seem like an odd choice for a comedian, but Seinfeld
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