Culture

Western Elites Still Clueless About Jihadist Attacks 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2021
As soon as I heard that a man had stabbed three women to death and wounded seven others in the Bavarian town of Würzburg on June 25, I was near-certain of three key facts of the case: that the attacker was a Muslim, that the powers-that-be would claim to be mystified as to his motives,
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Charles Murray Wields Statistics to Question Race and Identity Politics 0
- Culture
- June 24, 2021
Charles Murray guaranteed he won’t be invited to speak on “woke” university campuses anytime in the near future with the release of his latest book, Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America. Which is too bad. The 78-year-old political scientist was already unpopular due to his controversial findings in The Bell Curve and Coming Apart. Murray’s latest book
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Sabotaging the Poor, Selling Out for Politics 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2021
If there were a Museum of Terrible Ideas, the permanent collection would surely include today’s elected leaders who believe the best way to represent impoverished neighborhoods is to demand the defunding of police departments and supporting policies to undermine public schools. How can anyone argue that poor people benefit from lax law enforcement or ending
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The Root of Today’s Violence 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2021
Another weekend, another round of shootings. We’ve only just hit the summer solstice and we’re already off to the races of chaos and crime. Per usual, the biggest rampage came from Chicago, where 54 people were shot over the weekend, 21 on Saturday night alone. But Chicago is not the only city having problems. A recent
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Will Bishops Deny Biden Communion?0
- Culture
- June 22, 2021
Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55, more than 3-1, to provide new guidance for receiving Holy Communion. Behind the decision? Bishops’ alarm that the public religious practice of President Joe Biden is conveying a heretical message to the faithful and the nation. At Sunday Mass, Biden regularly receives Communion. Yet he
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There Ain’t No Such Thing as ‘Free Love’2
- Culture
- June 21, 2021
TANSTAAFL with its triple repetition of the letter “A” is an acronym popularized by science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein meaning, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” TANSTAFL with a double A is my play on Heinlein’s contrivance: “There ain’t no such thing as free love.” Free love may bring to mind that term
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