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  • Why We Need Local Newspapers to Protect the Common Good

    Why We Need Local Newspapers to Protect the Common Good0

    While many newspapers have shut down or laid off employees in the last ten years, many small-town newspapers across the country are not only surviving, but in some cases are thriving. That they are doing so is the result of several factors – their focus on local news, their feature stories on festivals, the arts,

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  • The Appalling Elitism of Dollar Store Bans

    The Appalling Elitism of Dollar Store Bans0

    Should city governments dictate where you can shop for food? If your neighbors see a need for a store, and happily patronize it, should outsiders shut down that option? These are the battle lines of the emerging movement against dollar stores. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mesquite, Texas, Dekalb County, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, and other municipalities nationwide

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  • Should Women Stay Single?

    Should Women Stay Single?0

    Joseph Chamie, the former director of the United Nations Population Division, recently published an article entitled “Should women stay single?” It presents a grim view of married life, and seems to answer the question largely in the affirmative. Chamie writes: Single women generally experience fewer stresses and compromises than married women. Furthermore, single women feel more empowered, enjoying greater personal autonomy and freedoms than married

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  • Christian Democracy and the Future of Europe

    Christian Democracy and the Future of Europe0

    In mid-December, I had the pleasure and honour of taking part in a public debate in Hungary on Christian Democracy and its role in contemporary European politics. I was one of a panel of five “experts,” which included a German, a Pole, a Hungarian, and, last but not least, a fellow Englishman, Theodore Dalrymple, who

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  • Are You a Doxxer or a Philosopher?

    Are You a Doxxer or a Philosopher?0

    We recently passed the anniversary of the highly publicized encounter between Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and Native American activist Nathan Phillips. Initial reports of the incident – including those from news sources such as CNN and The Washington Post – maligned Sandmann as a disrespectful young man. Sandmann was introduced to the

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  • We Need to Stop Assuming Progress Is Always Positive

    We Need to Stop Assuming Progress Is Always Positive0

    Franco. Mussolini. Stalin. Hitler. Castro. Mao Ze Dong. Pol Pot.   The 20th century was full of dictatorships which reached new heights of cruelty and butchery never imagined in centuries prior. Unfortunately, this cruelty flies in the face of the American belief that progress is undeniable and a decidedly positive force in human history.   How did we

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  • The Battle Between Something and Nothing

    The Battle Between Something and Nothing0

    I’m no prognosticator, but in any conflict between Something and Nothing, my money is on Something, every time. I have recently read of one of the wiser uses of money squeezed from American taxpayers. A feminist professor was sent to Afghanistan to reveal to the natives the glories of battling the patriarchy, or something. I

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  • Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case

    Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case0

    The Supreme Court heard oral argument Wednesday in an important case involving a Montana tax credit scholarship program that provided scholarships for underprivileged kids to use at private schools.  Initially, families could use scholarship funds at qualified religious schools, but the Montana Department of Revenue later implemented an administrative rule excluding religious schools, citing a provision in the state

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  • Farewell, Christopher Tolkien. Middle-Earth Is Indebted to You

    Farewell, Christopher Tolkien. Middle-Earth Is Indebted to You0

    Last week in France, and at the age of 95, Christopher John Reuel Tolkien quietly passed away. The headlines of many obituaries and tributes refer to him as the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, which indeed he was. Born in England on November 21, 1924, he was the third of four children of J.R.R and Edith

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