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Communist Survivor Warns Americans Against Taking Freedom for Granted 0
- Economics
- May 11, 2020
Too few have learned about the horrors of communism. Fewer still have escaped it and lived to tell the tale. Amy Phan West is one such survivor. In 1984, Phan escaped Vietnam’s communist dictatorship by concealing herself in the bottom of one of her father’s fishing vessels before it set out to sea. Escape wasn’t
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The Silver Lining for Marriage in a Post-COVID World 0
- Family
- May 11, 2020
How will the coronavirus pandemic affect marriages? This has been a matter for speculation in the media since lockdowns began. Looking out my window or taking walks to the local park during the past few weeks (as Kiwis have been able to do all along) and seeing many couples happily walking or cycling with their
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Big Government Forces Nursing Homes to Admit COVID-19 Patients 0
- Politics
- May 8, 2020
At an April 23 press conference, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded indignant when a reporter asked if anyone had objected to New York’s policy of forcing nursing homes to admit recently discharged COVID-19 patients. “They don’t have the right to object,” Cuomo answered before the reporter finished his question. “That is the rule, and that is
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Bearing Witness to the Destruction of America’s Small Businesses 0
- Culture
- May 8, 2020
Author and activist Jane Jacobs once wrote, “I was taught that the American’s right to be a free individual, not at the mercy of the state, was hard-won and that its price was eternal vigilance, that I too would have to be vigilant.” Continuing, Jacobs added “I was made to feel that it would be
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A Mother’s Day Tribute to Those Who’ve Passed On 0
- Culture
- May 8, 2020
When I first envisioned my Mother’s Day column, I intended to write some light tribute to all the moms I know. I would raise a glass to all the good you moms bring to the world, thanking you for being the foundation of our culture, and for those hundreds of little things you do every
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Can We Expect a COVID Baby Blip?0
- Culture
- May 8, 2020
As countries the world over struggle with record low fertility, some hope that the global lockdown might result in a baby boom. Since couples are forced to spend more time together and life slows down, perhaps it will indeed provide ample opportunity and time to conceive a baby. Many say they also have a renewed
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