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  • Attorney General Sees No Case for Obstruction as Mueller Finds No Collusion With Russia

    Attorney General Sees No Case for Obstruction as Mueller Finds No Collusion With Russia0

    It’s no longer only President Donald Trump and his allies saying “no collusion.” Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached the same conclusion that the Trump campaign did not conspire with Moscow to gain advantage in the 2016 election. Mueller also did not uncover actionable evidence in his 22-month probe that Trump sought to obstruct justice

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  • 8 Historic Cases That Show the FBI and CIA Were Out of Control Long Before Russiagate

    8 Historic Cases That Show the FBI and CIA Were Out of Control Long Before Russiagate0

    Conservatives tend to have two bad habits. First, they’re prone to viewing the past through a nostalgic lens. Second, they tend to instinctively give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt. These tendencies help explain why conservatives for decades have been able to overlook the many abuses—constitutional, legal, and moral—of US intelligence agencies. Unlike some

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  • Swimming Upstream in a Turbulent Society

    Swimming Upstream in a Turbulent Society0

    “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” ~ G.K. Chesterton Recently I read for review Dale Ahlquist’s Knight of The Holy Ghost: A Short History of G.K. Chesterton. Ahlquist, president of The Chesterton Society and one of the world’s experts on all things Chestertonian, packs this slim biography with details about Chesterton’s life, selected quotes—Chesterton

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  • Does America Need a ‘Civic Great Awakening’?

    Does America Need a ‘Civic Great Awakening’?0

    When it comes to the direction of society Americans (surprisingly) agree: things are not getting better. That’s the conclusion one quickly draws from a recent Pew Research report which asks what America will look like in 2050. As the chart below shows, Americans think the country will be less important on a global level, the

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  • Bookstore Removes Jordan Peterson Book Over Mosque Shooting, Continues Selling ‘Mein Kampf’

    Bookstore Removes Jordan Peterson Book Over Mosque Shooting, Continues Selling ‘Mein Kampf’0

    A New Zealand bookstore stopped selling Jordan Peterson’s book in light of the Christchurch mosque shootings, but continues offering “Mein Kampf.” Management at Whitcoulls, one of the largest bookstores in New Zealand, said it would be wrong to support Peterson by selling “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” in light of “some extremely disturbing material

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  • Australia’s Gun Laws and Homicide Show Correlation Isn’t Causation

    Australia’s Gun Laws and Homicide Show Correlation Isn’t Causation0

    In the wake of the March 15 New Zealand shootings, advocates for new gun restrictions in New Zealand have pointed to Australia as “proof” that if national governments adopt gun restrictions like those of Australia’s National Firearms Agreement, then homicides will go into steep decline. “Exhibit A” is usually the fact that homicides have decreased in Australia since

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  • America’s Apartheid Is Not Black and White

    America’s Apartheid Is Not Black and White0

    “See, in America we have this thing about ‘people of color.’ POC. I think you’re one.” That was me explaining all things American to a visitor. He was actually from Spain, so he was Spanish, not Hispanic. We were trying to figure out whether he was a POC. This was not some sort of intellectual

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  • ‘Much Ado about Nothing’: Shakespeare’s Answer to #MeToo

    ‘Much Ado about Nothing’: Shakespeare’s Answer to #MeToo0

    In one sense, the #MeToo movement seems like an inherently modern event made possible by a perfect storm of social media, sexual revolution, post-Trump outrage, and third-wave feminism. Its accompanying hashtag, #TimesUp, reinforces the idea of timeliness, suggesting that after centuries—if not millennia—of silent suffering under patriarchal oppression, women have finally risen up to hold

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  • The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics

    The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics0

    Left-leaning media outlets and politicians often condemn “big money” in politics. They argue that wealthy citizens have an “unfair advantage” in free speech because they can generously finance candidates and purchase ads to voice their views. However, the biggest money in politics, by far, is wielded by media corporations and lawmakers. One Media Corporation Versus All Republican Donors According

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