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A post-wedding dispatch on marriage

News Staff

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Iwrite this as a very different man than I was when writing my last column. Then, I was merely engaged; now, after the single greatest week of my life culminated in the single greatest day and night of my life, I am married. I am filled with immense, overwhelming gratitude.

The lessons of 2023

Ben Shapiro Weakness Breeds Aggression. ...

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

EDITOR ’S NOTE: Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro. 2 023 was a rather bad year. Not as bad as 2024 is likely to be, or as 2020 was. But bad. Nonetheless, we ought to learn from the bad as well as the good.

Christmas gifts: newest target of the activists for climate change

News Staff

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

People need to realize the Left is using the alleged “existential” threat of global warming to wage war against liberty, against the Western world’s (not China’s) economy and against joy. The automobile, that magnificent enhancement to human freedom and joy, is a target.

Destroying the rule of law to get Trump

News Staff

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Robert Bolt’s prize-winning play “A Man for All Seasons” takes place in 16thcentury England during the reign of King Henry VIII.

National Defense Authorization Act does not defend life, children

News Staff

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

When the U.S. House of Representatives was considering the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in July, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to members of the House. It expressed opposition to a number of amendments being considered for the act.

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What Lucy might know about Christmas

Joycesarah Mccabe

Thursday, December 21, 2023

A few years ago, clinical psychologist Linda Blair suggested that listening to Christmas music can be bad for our mental health. In an article by Sky News, Blair said, 'It might make us feel that we're trapped. It's a reminder that we have to buy presents, cater for people and organize celebrations.

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Warmest Christmas greetings, Lampasans!

Herb Pearce

Thursday, December 21, 2023

As we embrace this joyous holiday season, I send Merry Christmas greetings as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ coming to this world to redeem mankind. I am filled with gratitude for the honor of serving as your mayor.

DENNIS PRAGER

Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-semitism

News Staff

Monday, December 18, 2023

Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy’s origins are illegitimate. Imagine further that these people maintain that of all the countries in the world, only Italy doesn’t deserve to exist. Then imagine that these people vigorously deny they are anti-Italian.

BEN SHAPIRO

Why Trump is winning in the polls

News Staff

Monday, December 18, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: Josh Hammer is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro. So, according to the legacy media, disaster is about to befall America.

LAURA HOLLIS

Atheism abounds at America’s elite universities

News Staff

Monday, December 18, 2023

Ryan Burge is a data analyst who synthesizes information about religion and politics in the United States. He publishes his findings and observations regularly on Substack. Last week, he wrote an article titled “How Weird is the Religious Composition of Harvard’s Student Body?

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