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What It Was Like Meeting My Country Neighbors—and Why You Should Meet Yours 6
- Culture, Featured
- July 17, 2024
Recently, I was in search of trout, but my search resulted in more than just fish. I’ve been a fly fisherman for over a decade, but when I moved to Wisconsin a few years back, I lost easy access to my favorite haunts. So I was searching for a new stretch of untouched waters to
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On the Power of Quiet Lives 4
- Culture, Featured, MomThink
- July 17, 2024
Under her pen name George Elliot, Mary Anne Evans wrote these words in her 1871–72 novel Middlemarch: The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a
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Trump Assassination Attempt: A Wake-Up Call for America 0
- Breaking News, Culture, Featured, Politics
- July 16, 2024
Few actions manifest division and hatred more than an assassination attempt, such as the one targeting Donald Trump that took place last Saturday. Such an incident proclaims to the universe, “I hate this person and what he represents so much that I believe he must be stopped at all costs, including the cost of blood.”
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The Path to Unity in the Aftermath of the Trump Assassination Attempt 3
- Breaking News, Culture, Featured, Politics
- July 15, 2024
The images of Saturday’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life will live on in infamy. America—and the world—were mere inches away from a situation truly unimaginable. As I have watched and re-watched the footage of Trump’s fateful rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, I cannot explain the day’s events without an appeal to the hand of
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Freedom: It’s Not About What You Want1
- Philosophy, Featured
- July 15, 2024
Is a king free if he can’t control his own passions? This question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. In an age when most people in the West have standards of living markedly higher than the kings of ancient times, it’s worth returning to this puzzle to try to get to the heart of
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The Simple Joys of Keeping a Cow 9
- Culture, Featured, MomThink
- July 12, 2024
“Three acres and a cow” became a slogan for those who promoted small landholdings in 1880s England. It was thought to represent an ideal setup for the average family. As it happens, I’ve somehow ended up with exactly that: three acres and a cow—specifically, a Jersey-Fleckvie mix gifted to us by my wife’s dairy-farming family.
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