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  • Open Borders? The EU Has Hundreds of Miles of Walls

    Open Borders? The EU Has Hundreds of Miles of Walls0

    If you voted for Donald Trump on the basis of a three-word, three-syllable chant, it was probably “we will win,” “lock her up,” or “build the wall.” Regarding the latter, proponents of less immigration have reason to be frustrated. Prior to the midterm elections, the Republican-held presidency, Senate, and House barely moved an inch on

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  • Lessons from Weimar Germany for the Portland Extremists

    Lessons from Weimar Germany for the Portland Extremists0

    • August 19, 2019

    Immediately following the conclusion of the First World War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was thrust into a state of economic, political, and social disarray. The infantile German state, which had recently been established in 1871, struggled to maintain its reputation as a global superpower. Kaiser Wilhelm II chose to abdicate

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  • C.S. Lewis on How to Be Yourself

    C.S. Lewis on How to Be Yourself1

    When faced with a challenge, most of us have received advice to “just be yourself.” Those offering advice have good intentions. Yet, we might think, “I’m anxious, frightened, and insecure. I don’t want to be myself.” C.S. Lewis would agree that the self-concept we have created is unreliable. Fortunately, the self we have created is

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  • Why Joe Biden Is Winning the Gun-Control Debate

    Why Joe Biden Is Winning the Gun-Control Debate0

    There are two fundamental arguments most commonly made against gun control. The Anti-Crime Argument The first one is based on the idea that persons have a fundamental right to self-defense against ordinary criminals. That is, in a world where criminals have access to either legal or illegal weapons, ordinary people ought to be able to

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  • When the Russians Came to Town: Reflections on Communism and Socialism

    When the Russians Came to Town: Reflections on Communism and Socialism0

    In the mid-1980s, when Ronald Reagan was president and the Soviet Union was fighting a losing battle in Afghanistan, my wife and I were running a bed and breakfast in Waynesville, North Carolina. One day, an executive from the Dayco Corporation, a manufacturer of rubber tubes and automotive hoses in the adjoining town of Hazelwood,

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  • The Reincarnation of America’s Most Infamous Dead Mall

    The Reincarnation of America’s Most Infamous Dead Mall1

    AKRON, Ohio – Rolling Acres Mall in Akron opened in 1975. I was three years old. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of going to that mall. The mall had only been there for two years, but to a five year old in 1977, it was as permanent and impressive as the pyramids of Egypt.

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  • The Difference Between Public Libraries and Public Schools

    The Difference Between Public Libraries and Public Schools0

    Plans for the Boston Public Library, the nation’s second-oldest public library, were approved in 1852, the same year Massachusetts passed the country’s first compulsory schooling law. Both public libraries and public schools are funded through taxation and both are “free” to access, but the similarities end there. The main difference between public libraries and public

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  • Civics 101 for Flyover Country

    Civics 101 for Flyover Country0

    Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes, an American of African descent who has “only ever voted for democrats,” made news in June when he testified in front of a House Subcommittee against reparations for slavery. One lady applauded him on social media, saying “there are so many youth (sic) that want to speak out … but fear

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  • The Argument Beneath the Surface of Gun Control

    The Argument Beneath the Surface of Gun Control0

    The shock of three mass shootings in a week has prompted even the conservative newspaper The New York Post to call for the banning of what it calls “weapons of war” and President Trump to upset his base by tweeting that “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks.” Several Republicans have

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