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  • Five Facts About Fascism

    Five Facts About Fascism0

    This past Saturday was the 100th anniversary of the forming of the  Fascist movement in Milan, Italy in 1919. Here are five facts you should know about fascism: 1. Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement, the black-shirted members the Fasci di combattimento (“combat groups”), who seized power in

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  • A Government Guide to Keeping Insulin Unaffordable: 3 Easy Steps to Hogtie a Market

    A Government Guide to Keeping Insulin Unaffordable: 3 Easy Steps to Hogtie a Market0

    If you’ve heard anything about insulin lately, it’s probably been palpable outrage over soaring prescription prices or dubious optimism about Eli Lilly’s recent release of its new version that, at half the price, will cost an arm or a leg but not both. Amid this cesspool of indignant commentary, you’re likely to hear one of

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  • #NationalSpinachDay: Why Our Constant Fabrication of Holidays Expresses a Sacred Yearning

    #NationalSpinachDay: Why Our Constant Fabrication of Holidays Expresses a Sacred Yearning0

    For those who frequent Twitter with any regularity, hardly a day goes by that’s not denoted as National-Something-or-Other-Day. For example, March 26th happens to be “National Spinach Day,” which I conveniently – albeit unknowingly – celebrated at lunchtime. Then there’s “National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day” on October 21st, which some of my co-workers probably wish

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  • San Antonio Violates Chick-Fil-A’s First Amendment Rights

    San Antonio Violates Chick-Fil-A’s First Amendment Rights0

    Government officials are not supposed to impose political or religious litmus tests on businesses. They cannot punish them, or even selectively withhold benefits from them, because they made donations to organizations that engaged in political, religious, or charitable activity. But that’s what San Antonio is doing. It is violating the First Amendment rights of Chick-fil-A.

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  • Post-Russiagate: Who Has the Most Egg on Their Face?

    Post-Russiagate: Who Has the Most Egg on Their Face?0

    The Muller probe has ended and with it the narrative that President Trump colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election. The reputations of media pundits and whole news organizations are now in shambles and exposed for all to see, like grotesque deep sea creatures beached on the sand after the tide goes out.  It’s

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  • How to Raise ‘Em Tough in a World of Chaos

    How to Raise ‘Em Tough in a World of Chaos1

    A woman I knew in college who later became an important figure in Planned Parenthood often stated her aversion to bearing children. “Who would bring a child into today’s world?” she’d say. “Look at the mess we’re in.” That was 47 years ago. Today when I tell some people I am a father and grandfather,

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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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