Politics

The Mistake of Being Born White 1
- Politics
- October 25, 2021
After a fight at Timberview High School, 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins, who is black, shot another student four times, an English teacher once, just missing his aorta, and left one more student with a bullet graze. A pregnant teacher was also hurt in a fall. The student shot in the arm, leg, chest, and stomach is currently
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It’s Deliberate 0
- Politics
- October 22, 2021
Since Jan. 20, 2021, many of us have wondered whether the policies of the Biden administration are driven by folly and stupidity, or whether they are deliberate attempts to wreak havoc on the United States of America. The foolish and tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the ongoing demolition of businesses and occupations by a prolonged pandemic
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Warnings and Threats—or Bluster and Bluff 0
- Politics
- October 22, 2021
Before the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels this week, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a side trip to Georgia and Ukraine. Purpose: Assure these nations that America has their back and encourage their hopes of future admission to NATO. Austin, said the Pentagon, would tell both nations there is an “open door to NATO.” “Ukraine
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Enemy of the State? Count Me In 1
- Politics
- October 19, 2021
All my life I’ve felt a bond with places and with people. Growing up in Boonville, North Carolina, population then about 600, I went to elementary school and the Methodist church, knew many of the merchants in town—Harvey Smith, grocer and mayor for many years, Donald the barber, Mr. Weatherwax who owned the pharmacy and
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Nationalism to Confront Globalism in Glasgow 0
- Politics
- October 19, 2021
“Extraordinary, isn’t it? I’ve been hearing all about COP,” said the queen to the duchess of Cornwall. “Still don’t know who is coming. … We only know about people who are not coming. … It’s really irritating when they talk but they don’t do.” Queen Elizabeth II was expressing her exasperation at the possible number
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The Impending Mass Firing of America’s Unvaccinated 0
- Politics
- October 18, 2021
Zac Spolar found himself running around in a frenzy amid the COVID-19 surge in December, tending to three or four patients at once and laboring late into the night at a Los Angeles hospital. The hardest part of the job, he said, was having to constantly console people who couldn’t be with their loved ones
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