Culture

Did Communism Make the East More Culturally Stable Than the West?0
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- March 20, 2020
Communism is an oppressive totalitarian ideology that strips people of every aspect of liberty, attacks religious institutions, and has resulted in the death of over 100 million people through its sordid and bloody history. With all the horrors that Communism has rained upon the globe, it’s hard to imagine it could bring any benefit to
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Witnesses in the Cloud: Church in the Time of COVID 0
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- March 20, 2020
The novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, represents a threat on many fronts: physical, mental, societal, financial, political, and so on. An oft-neglected aspect of the pandemic, however, is the strain it has placed on American religious life. In addition to the threats to our bodies and wallets, these are also “the times that try
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Viktor Frankl: Saying Yes to Life in Difficult Times 0
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- March 20, 2020
Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most powerful arguments for human dignity of the 20th Century. The author is Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist and a Jew, who spent about three years in concentration camps, including Auschwitz. His father, mother, brother and his pregnant wife all perished in the camps. Frankl was astonishingly
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Why Germany’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is So Low 0
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- March 19, 2020
As major news outlets like the New York Times have updated the number of cases of COVID-19 and confirmed deaths from it, a new trend has emerged: the death rate, measured as the number of deaths divided by the number of cases, is falling. Six days ago, on March 12th, there were 36 deaths caused by the virus in the
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Will We Know If Our Precautions Kept Coronavirus at Bay? Here’s One Simple Test 0
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- March 19, 2020
Last week I published an article about the novel coronavirus, my ignorance, and my wonder at the fear and panic that have ensued. “There,” I thought, mentally dusting off my hands. “That’s it. No more coronavirus articles for me.” Then came Friday and my daily trip into my hometown of Front Royal, Virginia. First up on the
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Alena Pettitt: Defender of the Home and Tradition 0
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- March 18, 2020
Enough of coronavirus. Enough of Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump. Enough of the headlines, at least for today. Let’s jet off to England – while travel is still permitted there – and meet a bold woman: Alena Pettitt. An article by Channaly Philipp of The Epoch Times introduced me to Pettitt, “a voice for traditional housewives.”
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