America is suffering from an acute case of “apologia logorrhea.” At least, that’s the diagnosis of comedian and political commentator Dennis Miller in yesterday’s IJ Review article entitled, “My Apologies…” In the article, Miller critiques the tiresome, ever-recurring pattern we’re subjected to in today’s media: public figure says something deemed offensive by some group, public
READ MOREWe live in an age that views itself as necessarily superior to the ages that preceded it. As such, it doesn’t have much use for history and the opinions of those who came before us. For many today, past tradition no longer serves as an authority. But the famous British author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) believed
READ MOREAs we enter into another presidential election season that will be filled with arguments about what government should and should not do, we would be wise to keep in mind that the structure and role of our government is rooted in a particular understanding of human nature. For much of the West’s history, man was
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READ MOREMany assume that America’s public education system developed organically in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. In truth, however, its origins lie in the Common School Movement led by Horace Mann in Massachusetts beginning in the 1830s. Drawing inspiration from Prussia and France, Mann envisioned and campaigned for a more uniform, centralized, and government-controlled education
READ MORERead it and weep. The simpler, clearer version of what’s going on in the abortion industry all this time. If you haven’t watched the damning videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue donation (or, in plain language, exchanging aborted babies’ body parts for money), you should watch them now before you read further. The first alarming
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