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  • It’s Time to Play Hardball With China

    It’s Time to Play Hardball With China0

    Are Americans finally waking up to the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China? If so, they can accelerate that reveille call by picking up a copy of retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham’s new book, When China Attacks: A Warning to America. Newsham has spent much of his life in the Indo-Pacific region. He

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  • What Do Women Want? A Willingness to Protect

    What Do Women Want? A Willingness to Protect1

    For decades now, well-meaning men have found to their consternation that many modern feminists openly resent gentlemanly gestures of service such as opening a door for them. Some of the offended women have actually assumed that the offer condescendingly suggests that they are too weak to open a door for themselves. The culture today is

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  • On Censorship and Freedom of Speech

    On Censorship and Freedom of Speech1

    The act of censorship has been around since the beginning of civilization. Historically, censorship has been spearheaded by the two most powerful social domains: government and religion. But the motivations and justifications for censorship have certainly changed over the centuries. Virtually every major era throughout human history has had to deal with censorship of one sort

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  • Can We Still Trust the Doctor?

    Can We Still Trust the Doctor?3

    When I was growing up, I learned to trust my doctor. My parents never said that explicitly; I could see it in their actions. I was in the hospital many times growing up, sometimes for very serious reasons. I have eight siblings, and I’m one of the elders, so I was there on the numerous

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  • Why We Fight: Putting Faces on Liberty

    Why We Fight: Putting Faces on Liberty0

    In early March, I headed down to the mountains of western North Carolina for a reunion with my siblings and their spouses. The weekend weather was beautiful, and as my Honda rolled south through the Shenandoah Valley, a drive I’ve made countless times, I was struck by the beauty of the hills and fields. The

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  • The Myth of Rural “Assistance”

    The Myth of Rural “Assistance”1

    As the old country proverb goes, “if it’s happened once, it’s damned-shor’ gonna happen again.” Robert Wright’s forthcoming book, New Deals Exposed: How the Miseries of the Great Depression are Being Repeated Today, makes the convincing case that the sort of good-intentioned lunacy which marked New Deal policy failures is happening all over again, as the world

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