Culture

Melting Down Art and History 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2021
After the Civil War, former North Carolina governor Zeb Vance became a U.S. senator. His Northern colleagues enjoyed his affable nature and sense of humor, and some of them invited him to Massachusetts during a break in government business. While there, Vance attended a party, and eventually required a visit to the outhouse, where his
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Why Aren’t Kids Outside Anymore?0
- Culture
- December 10, 2021
“What is a good age to let kids walk to the park and play without an adult?” That’s the simple, straightforward question someone posted this week on Raising Independent Kids, a Facebook group I run as president of a nonprofit promoting childhood independence. The answers are all very kind and nonjudgmental. No one is screaming,
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Finding Hope in a Dark Time 0
- Culture
- December 9, 2021
There’s something about sorrow, pain, and suffering that make an individual and his thoughts more poignant, mature, and full of meaning. No one likes to suffer. Yet there is something beautiful, almost hopeful that comes out of loss and difficult times. I thought about this while reflecting on the words of the Advent hymn, “O
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Inside the Vaccine Passport Racket 0
- Culture
- December 8, 2021
The profit-maximizing corporations that covet your “digital health” data hide behind nonprofit umbrella groups that pose as public interest do-gooders. These vaccine passport profiteers are turning millions of human beings into walking QR codes in the name of fighting COVID-19 and under the guise of bringing “normalcy” back. It’s an unprecedented worldwide racket that rewards
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We’re All on This Train Together 0
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- December 6, 2021
“All aboard!” North Carolina writer Anna Raglan was delighted to find that Amtrak’s conductors still called out these words to passengers before departing the station. In her new travelogue The Train From Greenville, Raglan, a kind and wise friend of mine, describes a journey she made by rail from Greenville,
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A Simple Test for Determining a Person’s Level of PC Craziness 0
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- December 2, 2021
We’ve gone through the craziest two years I’ve ever seen. In no particular order, we’ve suffered from lockdowns and masks thanks to a virus and an overbearing government. The last presidential election brought chaos and accusations of fraud. We’ve had riots in cities, urban crime has skyrocketed, there were attempts to “defund the police,” and
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