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  • The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common. Stop Politicizing It.

    The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common. Stop Politicizing It.0

    The loss of four special operations soldiers in Niger is a tragedy. We grieve as a nation, rightly, whenever we lose any of the brave young men and women who serve in uniform. That said, politicians and news media are turning the event into a farce. Having served as an Army Green Beret for 28 years,

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  • The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’

    The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’2

    It’s 2 a.m. and Claire has been stuck at a red light for five minutes. She knows that it’s against the law to run a red light. However, no other cars are in sight, and it seems ridiculous to wait for the light to turn green. Should she run the red light and continue her

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  • The ‘Look It Up’ Fallacy

    The ‘Look It Up’ Fallacy0

    Modern educators are no longer teaching much in the way of content knowledge. Their excuse why is that we no longer need to because we now have technology. We have Google, and so students can just look things up. In his recent book, Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. calls this the “Look it

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  • Is a ‘Nation Without Borders’ an Oxymoron?

    Is a ‘Nation Without Borders’ an Oxymoron?0

    Democrats have had a tough few years. Following the 2016 elections, as Vox has pointed out, Republicans achieved a political dominance not seen since the Civil War era. Not only did the GOP win the presidency while holding the House and Senate, it held total control in 24 states (compared to seven states for Democrats)

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  • 90% Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rate: Where are the fathers?

    90% Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rate: Where are the fathers?0

    Across the country innumerable men will quietly admit to each other that they feel they are the unwanted ones of society, particularly if they’re white. But to say it in public? That’s not going to happen. And so, the task falls to a few brave women like Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys

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  • 7 Steps to Success—for Life and Business—from Ancient Wisdom

    7 Steps to Success—for Life and Business—from Ancient Wisdom1

    In the last several years, various employers have been offering a key piece of advice to their fellow businesses: “Don’t hire a millennial.” Judging from comments, this fear of millennials stems from their lack of work ethic. But two highly successful businessmen are taking a different approach. Ted Malloch, CEO of Global Fiduciary Governance, and

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  • 3 Common Words That Never Appear in the Bible (And What That Says About Us)

    3 Common Words That Never Appear in the Bible (And What That Says About Us)0

    In The Mind of the Maker, her brilliant book about theology and art, Dorothy L. Sayers discusses the differences between the biblical and modern attitudes toward life as revealed in the language we use.  Sayers provides an illuminating quote from a Unitarian minister named L. P. Jacks: “I am informed by philologists that the rise

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  • Was C.S. Lewis a Libertarian?

    Was C.S. Lewis a Libertarian?0

    Most of us are familiar with C. S. Lewis and his enduringly popular Chronicles of Narnia, his Space Trilogy, his various works of Christian apologetics such as Mere Christianity, and his natural law classic, The Abolition of Man. But only a small fraction of Lewis’ readers are aware that Lewis, for all his personal distaste

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  • Is Marriage Obsolete? 4 Essential Reads

    Is Marriage Obsolete? 4 Essential Reads0

    #1: Fewer ‘I dos’ There’s no doubt: Fewer people are making a commitment to marriage. Barely “more than half of adults in the U.S. say they’re living with a spouse,” writes Jay Zagorsky, an economist at The Ohio State University. “It is the lowest share on record, and down from 70 percent in 1967.” What’s

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