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Reagan Biographer: Trump is Last Hope of Reaganism0
- History
- February 6, 2017
Republicans today idolize Ronald Reagan more than any historic figure with the possible exception of Jesus. He is the gold standard of GOP politics, quoted on the stump by would-be lawmakers at the local, state, and federal levels, wonks at policy centers, and Bible-toting evangelicals. In the Washington Post on Monday, on what would have
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Our So-Called ‘Tolerant’ Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic0
- Culture
- February 6, 2017
The Book of Daniel tells us that the three Jewish youths in Babylon were cast into a “white-hot furnace” for not falling down and worshipping the king’s golden statue. Thousands of early Christians were reportedly martyred for refusing to deny Christ and affirm the divinity of the Roman emperor. Of course, this kind of thing
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Liberals Have Become the New Confederates0
- History
- February 6, 2017
“The South will rise again.” How often did that rallying cry echo throughout a certain portion of the country following the Civil War? A lot. Actually, the South has risen in any number of very positive ways in the century and a half since that terrible, but terribly necessary, war. This is especially true in
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Immigration Lessons for President Trump from Thomas Aquinas0
- Culture
- February 6, 2017
I am grateful to The Imaginative Conservative for publishing Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s reasoned defence of President Trump’s executive order placing a ninety day moratorium on immigration from countries deemed to pose a terrorist threat to the United States. I am grateful also for a recent essay by John Horvat II in which Mr. Horvat discusses what
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What the Teleprompter Tells Us About Truth, Trump and Speech0
- Entertainment
- February 3, 2017
We watch them giving speeches. Their delivery is enthusiastic, fiery, full of pathos. They pause at length, as if to think. They continue talking. They are applauded for their eloquence and their sincerity. Yet, on either side of their podium, we spy a set of transparent boards, on which a text is screened for the
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Protesters at Berkeley Reminiscent of French Revolution Mobs0
- History
- February 3, 2017
Wednesday night at the University of California at Berkeley, a huge mob of protestors successfully prevented political activist Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking at a planned event. Armed with bricks and fireworks, they vandalized university property and used police barriers as battering rams. The group successfully breached at least one of the doors, swarmed the venue,
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Prof Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s ‘Critical Thinking’0
- Education
- February 3, 2017
We’re all familiar with the term “critical thinking.” Read just about any learning objectives for a school at any level and it won’t be long before the phrase appears. But recent research suggests that neither teachers nor students really understand what critical thinking is. Rob Jenkins’ longtime experience as a professor at Georgia State University
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Is Tribalism the Worst Idea in History?0
- Culture
- February 3, 2017
My student, the color drained from his face, explained that a blood feud had just begun that would continue for generations. I had been teaching an MBA class when this student — a Kurd from Turkey — received an emergency phone call from home. In his village, police had responded to one neighbor’s complaint that
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Is Today’s Chaos Actually the Fruit of ‘Equality’?0
- Culture
- February 3, 2017
‘Tis the season when every big organization and company in town rolls out the main message it wants to convey to Americans on Super Bowl Sunday. This year is no exception, particularly for the Audi car company. According to reports, the Audi commercial of a father and his car-racing daughter sends a strong message of
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