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Finding Hope in America 0
- Culture
- September 18, 2020
In a time when America and its history are under assault, I recently found hope and inspiration in a visit to Virginia’s Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. At all three of these historical places I found much-needed relief from months of rioting and our poisonous political atmosphere. Everywhere I went – the Jamestown Settlement
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Why U.S. Wildfires Hit California More Than the Southeast 0
- Economics
- September 17, 2020
California wildfires continue to blaze in one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory. While California fires are nothing new, government data show the damage has been substantial. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says that since August 15, when California’s fire activity accelerated, there have been at least 24 fatalities and
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Identity Issues: Probing Woke Culture 0
- Culture
- September 17, 2020
We are all different and all unique, and I try to treat everybody as an individual rather than stereotyping them as belonging to some group. I do my best to treat everyone with the same respect I’d like them to extend to me. But I confess to being un-woke and not understanding the logic behind
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California Wants Me to Vote, Even Though I Haven’t Lived There for Over Eight Years 0
- Politics
- September 17, 2020
States across the country are experimenting with a mass switch to mail-in elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it wise for states to make such a big change, especially in light of messy voter rolls around the country? What I was sent earlier this month by election officials in Alameda County, California,
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Americans Need a Lesson From ‘The 1620 Project’0
- History
- September 17, 2020
This week marks a momentous anniversary for the United States. On September 16, 1620, the Pilgrims set off on the voyage which launched the birth of a new nation. Once upon a time, such an anniversary would have been greeted with pomp and circumstance. As Mark David Hall notes in his Chronicles article, “The 1620
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Kenosha’s Return to the State of Nature 0
- Politics
- September 17, 2020
On August 28, lawyers representing accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse issued a statement asserting that the 17-year-old “was protecting life and community because his state and local government failed” and that he “was viciously attacked by mob and fearing for his life exercised his God-given and constitutional right to self-defense” when he shot three protestors on the
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