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  • Stop With the Politics: A New Approach to the Culture Wars

    Stop With the Politics: A New Approach to the Culture Wars0

    G.K. Chesterton once wrote “‘My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’” Agreed. Both a country in the wrong and a mother on the bottle need some help and correction. But hidden beneath Chesterton’s quip is

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  • Let Them Call You Racist

    Let Them Call You Racist0

    All’s fair in love and war, unless what one has to say threatens war on the beloved pieties of progressivism. Stephanie Martinez and Lauren Witzke learned this lesson recently. Martinez is a pro-Trump student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In early April, she joined the LMU student government as a “senator for diversity

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  • Systemic Pride Is the Problem

    Systemic Pride Is the Problem0

    We live in strange times in which we have become obsessed with race to such a degree that skin color has become the determinant of all moral rectitude. If we were “fortunate” enough to be born with white skin, we are guilty of “privilege” which is systemically racist; if we were “unfortunate” enough to be

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  • Cleopatra Was No More Egyptian Than Gal Gadot Is

    Cleopatra Was No More Egyptian Than Gal Gadot Is0

    Israeli actress Gal Gadot has been the subject of some racially-charged criticism after it was revealed that she will portray Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in an upcoming film. As journalist Sameera Khan put it, “Shame on you, Gal Gadot. Your country steals Arab land & you’re stealing their movie roles… smh.” This Cleopatra VII may have been Queen of

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  • COVID Ushers in a Boom in Egg Freezing and Mr. Wrongs

    COVID Ushers in a Boom in Egg Freezing and Mr. Wrongs0

    The coronavirus has reportedly driven a surge of interest in egg freezing, with the difficulty of dating during the pandemic prompting women to “consider their options.” Some clinics have seen inquiries jumping by 50 percent over the summer. The owner of the London Women’s Clinic, Dr Kamal Ahuja, explained: “Uncertainty creates anxiety — and also,

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  • Joe Biden’s Polish Joke

    Joe Biden’s Polish Joke0

    Earlier this year, Joe Biden gave a lengthy interview to The New York Times, a venue as friendly toward Biden as Sean Hannity is to Donald Trump. In the course of this interview, Biden offered the following observation: Well, look what’s happened. Look what started to seep in, beginning and probably even with candidates during our administration. We stopped showing

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