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Loss of freedom is happening here

Loss of freedom is happening here

Loss of freedom is happening here

My field of study in graduate school was communism. As a fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia’s School of International Affairs, I was, if I remember correctly, one of seven students in the entire university to major in what was known at the time as “Communist Affairs.
No, John Bolton, we will not vote for you

No, John Bolton, we will not vote for you

No, John Bolton, we will not vote for you

John Bolton has been in the news, commenting on the indictment against former President Donald Trump. Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush and former U.S.
The point of no return for our republic

The point of no return for our republic

The point of no return for our republic

The Roman historian Suetonius described Julius Caesar as timid and noncommittal as he initially approached the Rubicon River -- a shallow and narrow waterway that, at the time, demarcated the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper -- in January 49 B.C.
laura hollis

laura hollis

Hyperbole, hysteria foment hatred

With yet another deranged lunatic having decided that the best way to get attention is to shoot up a school and murder people, it’s time to look at the role played by the increasingly heated rhetoric that characterizes political, cultural and social debate in this country.
dennis prager

dennis prager

Do conservatives oppose change?

If you Google “what is conservatism?” this is the definition you will receive: “Commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.” This is but one more illustration of the lack of objectivity wherever the Left is in control.
The Left’s long march into despotism

The Left’s long march into despotism

The Left’s long march into despotism

A uthor and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis once wrote: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
The vulgarization of America

The vulgarization of America

The vulgarization of America

Last Thursday, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan attempted to give a speech at Stanford Law School, where he had been invited to speak by the local chapter of the Federalist Society.