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Establishment Conservatives Call Quarantined Americans ‘Whiners’0
- Politics
- May 12, 2020
Over the weekend, Never Trumper Erick Erickson put up a profanity-laced series of tweets in which he berated pro-Trump conservatives for criticizing the lockdown that has shuttered many businesses, closed down most churches, stopped most medical procedures and examinations, and isolated most Americans from friends and family for two months or so. According to Erickson,
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The Rising Tide of ObamaGate 0
- Politics
- May 12, 2020
U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham is going “full throttle” in his review into the roots of the Russia investigation and is being assisted by two additional prosecutors, Fox News reported Monday. According to two sources, Jeff Jensen, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Timothy Shea, the interim U.S. Attorney for
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Fighting for Freedom in a Pandemic 0
- Culture
- May 12, 2020
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ~H.L. Mencken My friend John and I spend a great deal of time discussing politics, calling each other’s attention to articles we’ve read online, and shaking our heads over various political shenanigans and a
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Political Utopianism and Christianity Are Incompatible 0
- Culture
- May 12, 2020
“Immanentizing the eschaton” is a political and theological term in which a person or group attempts to bring about, through human action, a heaven-like existence on Earth. Seeking utopianism, in other words. Living in this fallen world, it’s unlikely that we’ll ever see the quest for utopia realized. Those who hope and work for it
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China’s Rags-to-Riches Ascent at America’s Expense 0
- Economics
- May 11, 2020
A friend of mine who traveled China from the 1970s until recently described what the country was like 30 years ago: Its cities were sprawling, impoverished places with dirt roads and low-rise structures. With few automobiles in the country back then, the Chinese people got around mostly by rickshaws and bicycles. The country had only
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Beauty Will Save the World 1
- Culture
- May 11, 2020
Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky declared that “beauty will save the world.” In his Nobel Laureate speech, fellow Russian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said what we all were thinking: “What sort of a statement is that? … When in bloodthirsty history did beauty ever save anyone from anything?” Walking on two feet, man’s gaze is naturally turned toward
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