An obsession with a distorted sense of “compassion” is strangling our national debate on the most important issues of our time and contributing to the ongoing deterioration of the country. Leftist activists and politicians love to appeal to people’s “compassion” in support of policies with demonstrably destructive results, and we must stop being taken in by this deceit if we are to have any hope of repairing our damaged nation.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro.

Do you own property in Lampasas County? Have you owned it for at least two years? Is it eligible for a homestead exemption? Has your homestead exemption been removed, and you were unaware of it? Maybe you haven’t even applied yet. Well guess what? You can apply late under Section 11.431 of the Texas Property Tax Code.

Ageneration of Americans is being raised on half-truths and lies about the history of slavery in America. They are given the impression that America was uniquely bad and that American slavery was uniquely bad. They learn nothing about slavery elsewhere. Among the many lies they are told are that “black slaves bult America” and that America is systemically racist.

In a world that seems increasingly chaotic -- one in which we are bombarded, daily, with shocking headlines -- it’s all too easy to dismiss bad news as just unfortunate but isolated events. This is a grievous error. The events we are watching are not isolated; they are connected. There are reasons and methods behind everything that’s happening, and we must understand that if we are to prevail against them.

“Our oceans, lakes and rivers don’t come from icy meteorites, say scientists” – Jamie Carter, contributor to Forbes, March 21, 2023 During the week of March 20, according to Carter, we readers discovered that “All the water on the Earth is older than the sun,” and, according to Carter, we still don’t know where it came from.

I was in a meeting on Sept. 11, 2001, when I heard that a plane had flown straight into one of the twin towers in New York City. A short time later the second plane hit the other tower, and I felt shock. I heard the announcers on television say, “We’re been attacked.”

“She is the first woman in history to win the 100 and 200 meters in back-toback Olympics.” That is how USA Today summarized the performance of Elaine Thompson-Herah, the Jamaican sprinter who dominated women’s track events in the COVID-delayed 2021 Olympics.

In 2017, my friend Rod Dreher published his popular book, “The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.” Dreher’s basic prescription, already intimately familiar to Orthodox Jews, is a localist focus on the cohesive formation of tight-knit, religious communities as the best way of enduring the cultural onslaught of progressivism and secularism.

editor’s note: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy this column by Stephen Moore.