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  • The Rudderless Moment in American Politics

    The Rudderless Moment in American Politics0

    “The modern Democratic Party increasingly resembles a coalition without a commanding general,” argue Jesse Arm and Danielle Shapiro, writing for the Manhattan Institute’s “City Journal.” The party’s elected officials, donors, unions, advocacy groups, activist networks, and online influencers often pull in different directions, with no leader possessing the authority or willingness to impose discipline. As a result, candidates

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  • What Makes Someone an American?

    What Makes Someone an American?0

    Who is an American? Is it merely someone with a precious blue passport or Social Security card? Is it merely someone who accepts the basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence or thinks the Constitution is neat? It’s true that the Constitution constitutes our nation’s government. It is also true that there is likely no

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  • What to Do When Good People Disagree

    What to Do When Good People Disagree0

    The discussion of widespread division in our nation is hardly a revelation at this point. Liberals look down on conservatives as backwards and unintelligent curmudgeons, while conservatives view liberals as reckless libertines gallivanting toward destruction. But the chasm of disagreement doesn’t just cut between liberals and conservatives; increasingly, even people of the same political party,

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  • Pride Month Isn’t Canceled

    Pride Month Isn’t Canceled0

    The “vibe shift” is real. By “vibe shift,” I mean the shift from American family values to complete cultural degeneracy over the last 30 or so years. At the risk of sounding morose, the recent right-wing victory party over Pride Month is severely misguided. However encouraged we may be at the progress made against corporate

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  • 3 Ways To Escape the Doom-And-Gloomers

    3 Ways To Escape the Doom-And-Gloomers0

    For most of the 21st century, a mob of Grinches has controlled American culture and politics. These are the Chicken Littles who have wailed that “climate change” would doom the planet. They are the sorcerers who declare that men can become women and vice-versa, who despite the blood-stained evidence of a hundred years proclaim the

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  • Why Do Reading Scores Keep Declining?

    Why Do Reading Scores Keep Declining?0

    Reading scores for students in the United States have declined significantly in the last 15 years, a slide which continues in the most recent Nation’s Report Card. Some point to the school closures during the Covid pandemic as cause for this decline. Doubtless the lockdowns had an impact, yet data shows that test scores were already

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