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  • How Nat Turner’s Failed Revolt Changed the Debate on Slavery

    How Nat Turner’s Failed Revolt Changed the Debate on Slavery0

    On August 22, 1831, a group of slaves began a revolt in the county of Southampton, Virginia, that would go down in history as the largest uprising against the Peculiar Institution in nineteenth-century America. The rebellion was led by Nat Turner, a slave from Southampton, one of the few southern counties where black Americans were

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  • Did the Obama Administration Spy on Michael Flynn?

    Did the Obama Administration Spy on Michael Flynn?0

    In his controversial tweet on Sunday, President Trump indicated that he would direct the Justice Department to investigate “whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes—and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!” Is the president hinting that he thinks Michael Flynn,

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  • Black Lives Matter President Calls For Christian Love Instead of Political Violence

    Black Lives Matter President Calls For Christian Love Instead of Political Violence0

    When Jesus visited his disciples after his execution, they were terrified. They expected him to bring the standard justice of the ancient world: vengeance. Instead, Jesus said, “Shalom.” This greeting was more than a cessation of violence; it was the start of a new order of harmony grounded in Jesus. Shalom means “no space between”

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  • Dystopia Has Arrived in America. But Its Horrors Are Covered in a Cosmetic Veneer

    Dystopia Has Arrived in America. But Its Horrors Are Covered in a Cosmetic Veneer1

    Having just re-read C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength, it strikes me once again that it belongs on the shelf with the other classic dystopian novels, Brave New World and 1984. Lewis captures all the classic dystopian elements of the totalitarian threat, and he rightly identifies the atheistic scientism and utilitarianism lying beneath all utopian ideologies.

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  • ‘Gumball’ Clip Brilliantly Reveals the Hollowness of Social Justice ‘Tolerance’

    ‘Gumball’ Clip Brilliantly Reveals the Hollowness of Social Justice ‘Tolerance’1

    Few would disagree with the assertion that genuine tolerance is a virtue. As University of Texas professor and ethics expert J. Budziszewski states, “To tolerate something is to put up with it even though we might be tempted to suppress it.” What many are increasingly noticing, however, is that tolerance is often practiced in a

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  • Why the Millennials are Socialists

    Why the Millennials are Socialists0

    By now you’ve most likely seen the polls reporting that roughly half of Millennials have a favorable view of Socialism and you’re probably wondering how in the world that is possible. Didn’t America win the Cold War? Well, yes, we did win the Cold War, but we’re losing the culture war. As I was discussing

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