Politics

The Emergence of Neo-Fascism in Public Health 0
- History, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 14, 2022
Fascism is the art of hiding the truth behind a façade of wholesome virtue. It is, presumably, as old as humanity. Mussolini just gave it a name—hiding his authoritarian ideas behind the drainage of swamps, village renewal, kids in school, and trains running on time. The 1930s picture of Nazism was not broken windows and
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Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks 5
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 13, 2022
I wince inwardly while sailing past the gas station on my way to work. The price has gone up since I last drove by it … yesterday. In fact, the price seems to go up about 10 cents a day lately. At that rate, by the end of summer it will be … no, I
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Stopping for Cake is Not a Crime 2
- Culture, Family, Politics
- June 10, 2022
It was, Nzinga Terrell-Brown hoped, the beginning of her dream of becoming a teacher. In 2018, when she got a job as a teacher’s aide, her future looked bright. But a couple months in, she was fired—and didn’t know why. She got another teacher’s aide job but was abruptly fired again. What was going on?
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Yes, the Products You’re Buying Are Getting Smaller—Even Though Prices Are Not 2
- Economics, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 9, 2022
The rise in consumer prices has rightly received a great deal of attention, as inflation hovers around 40-year highs. Everyone can see that virtually everything is getting more expensive, but fewer have noticed that many items are also getting smaller. On Wednesday the Associated Press ran an article under the headline “No, you’re not imagining it — package
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Equality Is Holding Us Back 8
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 9, 2022
Think back to when you were 24 years old. What were you doing? Were you in college, or starting your first job? Perhaps you were getting married, or maybe you were working on your master’s degree. The great artist Michelangelo, I recently learned, had just finished his famous “Pietà” sculpture at age 24. How’s that
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It’s Time for the Elites to Remove Their Blindfolds and Accept Responsibility 7
- Politics
- June 8, 2022
In his novel The Shape of Illusion, now regrettably out of print, William E. Barrett gives us the story of a centuries-old painting depicting Jesus Christ and the mob surrounding him immediately after Pontius Pilate has condemned him to death. This mysterious painting terrifies its viewers, who see their own faces in the hateful crowd
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