Culture

Why We Need Local Newspapers to Protect the Common Good 0
- Culture
- January 24, 2020
While many newspapers have shut down or laid off employees in the last ten years, many small-town newspapers across the country are not only surviving, but in some cases are thriving. That they are doing so is the result of several factors – their focus on local news, their feature stories on festivals, the arts,
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Are You a Doxxer or a Philosopher?0
- Culture
- January 24, 2020
We recently passed the anniversary of the highly publicized encounter between Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and Native American activist Nathan Phillips. Initial reports of the incident – including those from news sources such as CNN and The Washington Post – maligned Sandmann as a disrespectful young man. Sandmann was introduced to the
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We Need to Stop Assuming Progress Is Always Positive 0
- Culture
- January 23, 2020
Franco. Mussolini. Stalin. Hitler. Castro. Mao Ze Dong. Pol Pot. The 20th century was full of dictatorships which reached new heights of cruelty and butchery never imagined in centuries prior. Unfortunately, this cruelty flies in the face of the American belief that progress is undeniable and a decidedly positive force in human history. How did we
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Farewell, Christopher Tolkien. Middle-Earth Is Indebted to You 0
- Culture
- January 23, 2020
Last week in France, and at the age of 95, Christopher John Reuel Tolkien quietly passed away. The headlines of many obituaries and tributes refer to him as the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, which indeed he was. Born in England on November 21, 1924, he was the third of four children of J.R.R and Edith
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A Comparison of Two Very Different Protests 0
- Culture
- January 23, 2020
In mid-January America witnessed two rallies that offer a stark contrast in activism. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, over 22,000 men and women gathered in Richmond, Virginia, to protest the gun laws lawmakers are seeking to enact. Organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), the rally far surpassed the 10,000 participants the VCDL
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The Battle Between Something and Nothing 0
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- January 23, 2020
I’m no prognosticator, but in any conflict between Something and Nothing, my money is on Something, every time. I have recently read of one of the wiser uses of money squeezed from American taxpayers. A feminist professor was sent to Afghanistan to reveal to the natives the glories of battling the patriarchy, or something. I
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