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In one of the composition seminars I used to teach to homeschoolers, we discussed the use of reason and logic in shaping an essay. I noted that students could take a practical lesson home that very day, if they needed it. “Let’s say you want to do something with a friend – go to a
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When sitting on my front porch or strolling the streets of my town, it’s nothing to encounter zombies. A few of them are elderly, walking slowly and giving the street ahead of them the “thousand-yard stare,” that vacant look once associated with combat-fatigued soldiers from World War II. For these old people, one can feel
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Election Day 2026 is just around the corner. For both Republicans and Democrats, this midterm is crucial. If Republicans can maintain control of the House and the Senate, the Trump presidency has two more years to make good on some of its promises to the American people. If the Democrats win, that same administration will
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The moment I do well on my resolve to stay off my phone over the weekend, something happens that’s worth seeing. Influencer Paige Connell made a video on Friday about my article published here last week titled, “What happens when the man-hating feminists have sons.” The article explores the plight of young boys whose mothers
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Literature is timeless. In it we glimpse the past and find a map for the future. It tells the story of mankind, filled with human themes that transcend particulars, still relevant in the here and now. Recently, I read such a book. Alan Paton published “Cry, the Beloved Country” in 1948, right before apartheid was
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Almost 50 years ago, the music of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was high on my list of favorites. Songs like “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” remain stuck in my head, welcome inhabitants in my attic of the past. Shortly after the release of their fifth album, the duo broke up.
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