Preventing the Nation From “Going to Pot”

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Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America by William J. Bennett and Robert A. White is an excellent book about the dangers of marijuana use. The book convincingly demonstrates that marijuana is harmful to individuals, marriages, families and society in general. Marijuana use has moral, physiological, psychological, … Read more

What the Bathroom Wars are Really All About

What the Bathroom Wars are Really All About

The so-called bathroom wars have nothing to do with bathrooms but are all about war. The push to allow a person to use the bathroom of his or her choice is merely the latest phase of the sexual revolution. It is part of a relentless war to bring about an irrational equality … Read more

Has Religion Caved In to the Cultural Revolution

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Among the writing of Church Fathers, Saint Augustine writes with great eloquence of the benefits the Church bestows upon society. Contrary to those in our days who see Christians as threats and intruders in the public square, Saint Augustine claims that those who live up to the standards of Christ’s teachings are … Read more

Why Harriet Tubman Should Not Be on the Twenty Dollar Bill

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It was only a matter of time before the politically correct establishment took aim at the nation’s currency. It is not enough that the value of the dollar should slowly decline toward monopoly money, it must also eventually look like it as well. The staid dollar notes were just too correct to … Read more

Did Cervantes Kill Chivalry?

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Four hundred years ago, the famous Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra passed away. He has since been heralded as one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language. However, word of his death had little impact on Castilian society. No public honors or national mourning marked the funeral of this Renaissance … Read more

Tracing the Sordid Origins of the Culture of Death

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  “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” With these words, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes concluded the majority opinion in Buck vs. Bell. The Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of the so-called “feebleminded” was upheld as constitutional. Carrie Buck, a young woman from Virginia, was ordered to be forcibly sterilized. … Read more

The Emperor Is Wearing Pajamas: The Decline of Dress

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The modern attitude toward dress is that it has little effect on the way people function. In fact, people are advised that the more comfortable they are, the more efficient and happy they will be. People generally respond to such advice by collectively retreating into a shabby array of blue jeans or … Read more