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‘Shōgun’ Is Awesome—and Shows Why the Second Amendment Is So Important1
- Culture, Entertainment
- June 6, 2024
My wife and I are in the process of finishing Shōgun, the new FX miniseries on Hulu based on James Clavell’s 1975 book. Shōgun was one of the first books that truly captivated me. I read it for the first time when I was 13 years old, and couldn’t put it down. Set in the early 17th century, Shōgun tells
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Denied a Diploma for Calling Jesus Christ ‘The Way’?8
Meet Micah Price, the high school senior from Campbell County, Kentucky, who late last month was almost denied his diploma for giving Jesus Christ a shout-out during an off-script commencement speech. Footage of Micah’s speech began circulating on social media last week. “Class, before another word leaves my mouth, I must give the honor, the
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The Uglification of Children Is a Sign of Something Sinister2
I saw a teenaged girl at the store recently. She was hardly recognisable as a teenaged girl because of the extreme facial piercings, the Halloween-inspired make-up, the outlandish hairdo, and the dark and foreboding clothes. She looked truly frightening. Several days ago, I saw a different teenaged girl walking home from the bus stop. She
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Something Rotten in Denmark: Israel, ‘Hamlet,’ and the Current Crisis13
- Culture, Featured, International, Literature
- June 4, 2024
As someone with a background in foreign affairs and English literature, I realized recently that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Hamlet of territorial disputes. While Hamlet is often considered the exemplar of Shakespeare’s corpus, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often regarded as the exemplar of land disputes. Like Hamlet, the conflict has garnered much attention over the
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Shareable Snack: Do Universities Have a Responsibility to Protect Freedom? Russell Kirk on Order and Liberty0
- Video
- June 4, 2024
What responsibilities do universities have to protect freedom and order? Watch our video to hear philosopher Russell Kirk’s take! Save this article to favorites
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Falling in Love Across the Political Divide6
- Culture
- June 3, 2024
Growing up in a conservative family in California, I was used to being the odd one out. But that didn’t calm my nerves when the beautiful woman I’d asked to dinner started questioning my beliefs. “So, you’re pretty much a conservative,” she said, eyebrows raised in surprise. “Does that extend to abortion?” I got a
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Christianity, Capitalism, and Colonialism – Nothing To Be Ashamed Of2
- Culture, Economics, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 3, 2024
We’ve all heard the rhetorical attacks on Western Civilization—often centered on Christianity, capitalism, or colonialism, and often on all three. Among radical leftists, the consensus is that these elements are evil, but given that each is currently or historically integral to civilization as we know it, it’s worth examining the data to determine whether they
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Homeschoolers Don’t Need Government Regulation2
Since 2020, the number of families participating in homeschooling has increased significantly, and with it, discussions about regulations. Currently, regulations of homeschoolers are a state-by-state phenomenon, with Pennsylvania and New York among the states with the most regulations and Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma with the least. Examples of regulations include requiring parents to submit a letter
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Is the Pope Right About the Human Heart Being ‘Fundamentally Good’?8
Is the Pope Catholic? This humorous rhetorical device has long been used to answer a question with an emphatic “yes!” But after comments made by Pope Francis during a recent 60 Minutes interview, a lot of people are now asking the question for real. “We are all fundamentally good,” Pope Francis told Norah O’Donnell during
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