Politics

It’s Time to Rebuild America’s Shared National Identity 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Politics, Western Civilization
- October 23, 2025
The other day, an amusing image showed up on social media featuring CBS television personality Gayle King sitting on an airplane next to Fox News television personality Jesse Watters. King posted the selfie on her Instagram page, reveling in the ironic, chance encounter with a rival journalist. Despite being on opposite sides of the political aisle, the
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Back to the Basics Is the Key to Teaching Our Children to Read 22
- Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Politics, Uncategorized
- October 13, 2025
Between 1900 and 1950, literacy among Americans 14 years and older rose dramatically. The 1950 Census found that illiteracy was below 3% in two-thirds of the states and below 10% in all states. These studies defined illiteracy as a complete inability to read English or any other language. Seventy-five years later, that definition has changed a bit,
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Time to Give the Hook to Preferred Pronouns 35
- Culture, Education, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- October 3, 2025
Many years ago, my elementary school teachers taught that a pronoun must match its antecedent – the noun to which it refers – in number, gender, and person. In “John read that rule from his book,” the pronoun “his” is singular, masculine, and third-person. That’s straight-up grammar. Yet every week I read online writers who
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Weak Men Get a Deserved Scolding From Pete Hegseth 33
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- October 1, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had stern words for anyone seeking to skirt the highest standards of fitness in the military Tuesday, as he announced a return to the “highest male standard” for physical fitness. “If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is,” Hegseth said about reinforcing physical standards for combat. “It
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Free Speech Always Comes With a Price Tag 27
- Culture, Education, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- October 1, 2025
Imagine two 20-something strangers, Joe and Mike, standing elbow to elbow at the open bar of a large wedding reception. The bartender refreshes their drinks, they happen to turn at the same time to face the crowded hall, and Joe points to a woman in a red dress on the dance floor. “Man, look at
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To Run or Rebuild?20
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- September 30, 2025
Trust in our institutions – religious, medical, educational, cultural, or governmental – has eroded significantly in the last century, especially in the last decade. Conservatives in particular lament the sad state of our institutions which they view as co-opted by forces hostile to the best interests of Americans. Marxist theorist Rudi Dutschke’s “long march through
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