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Surviving Suffering in a World of Pain 0
- Culture
- August 23, 2021
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot, by Ellen Vaughn (B&H Books; 320 pp., $24.99). This is the official biography of the wife of famed missionary martyr Jim Elliot, who was killed along with four other missionaries while attempting to bring the Gospel to a group of savage natives in the South American jungle during the mid-1950s. Elliot was launched
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Aftermath of an Afghanistan Debacle 0
- International
- August 20, 2021
In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back in power. After investing scores of billions in training and arming a force of 350,000 Afghani troops,
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The Wuhan Virus and Our Children 0
- Family
- August 19, 2021
In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter poses this riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” After some further conversation, the Hatter asks Alice: ‘Have you guessed the riddle yet?’… ‘No, I give it up,’ Alice replied. ‘What’s the answer?’ ‘I haven’t the slightest idea,’ said the Hatter. We’ve
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Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston After Unvaccinated Fired 0
- Politics
- August 18, 2021
Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire about her vaccination status. Bridges, a 39-year-old registered nurse, responded “absolutely not” when asked if she was vaccinated or had made an effort to get vaccinated. She was terminated on the spot. “We all knew
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The Taliban May Have Provided a Sputnik Moment for Wokeness 0
- International
- August 18, 2021
In 1957, the supposedly backward Soviet Union launched a satellite into orbit and the threat of Soviet rockets became real for millions of Americans. Fortunately, the Sputnik moment galvanized a massive American response and we soon caught up and overtook the Soviets. Conceivably, the current collapse of our Afghanistan adventure might be a similar “Sputnik
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U.S. Embraces a Diversity China Fears 0
- Politics
- August 17, 2021
The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlines in the mainstream media. Big takeaway: Between 2010 and 2021, the white American population declined in real and relative terms, with more deaths than live births, as the white share of the U.S. population fell from 63
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