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  • At School, Learning Helplessness

    At School, Learning Helplessness0

    Jodi M. is a seventh-grade health teacher in a quiet, distant suburb of New York City. She is worried about her students, many of whom have lost their independence and become less resilient as a result of the pandemic. “These kids are so anxious and depressed they can’t do anything for themselves,” she says. (I’m

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  • Good and Bad News in Our Ongoing Bout With COVID

    Good and Bad News in Our Ongoing Bout With COVID0

    First, the good news: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared an end to all Wuhan Flu restrictions in Great Britain.            No more mandates. No more masks. No more lockdowns. No more vaccine passports.            Boris’s speech last week in Parliament was “the most consequential statement by

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  • Crimes Are Crimes, No Matter How Petty

    Crimes Are Crimes, No Matter How Petty0

    There’s nothing petty about petty crime. Tolerate it, and society descends into disorder. You’re standing in line at Starbucks and watch a freeloader go to the front, pick out a sandwich and walk out without paying. No one says a word. Or you pay your bills, then find out thieves have robbed the blue USPS

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  • What Is a Woman?

    What Is a Woman?0

    The bumbling began after Matt Walsh, a commentator at the Daily Wire, threw out the question “What is a woman?” to his debate opponents on Dr. Phil. None of those arguing for the idea that men can become women could answer the question. It’s a good question for us to explore in this age when

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  • The Dual and Possessed Personality Haunting America

    The Dual and Possessed Personality Haunting America0

    In “Remembering the Right,” the second volume of collected articles from Chronicles Magazine on the lives and work of notable conservative teachers, writers, and philosophers, we find a piece about G.K. Chesterton.            Reading about this man of letters—you name the genre, and Chesterton probably wrote at least one book that

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  • Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America

    Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America0

    A friend of mine decided to shake the dust of the cities off his feet last year and migrate to a more rural area. Reflecting on the move, he seemed surprised at how much he was enjoying the change. My takeaway from our conversation was that his life was fresh and new now that he

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