Keep the Three-Legged Stool Standing and Strong

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Why the future of the conservative movement and its ability to lead and win depends on all three legs of the Reagan stool: moral values, military might and fiscal sanity “Divide and conquer” is a sound military tactic. Every army that wants to win cannot rely simply on the righteousness of its … Read more

The Quest for “The Unreachable Star” in Bourbon

To call someone a dreamer is the equivalent of saying “get your head out of the clouds.” Those guilty of such treatment deny an essential aspect of human nature: all men have a tendency to dream. This propensity encompasses every aspect of our daily lives and is ultimately a desire for a … Read more

A City Without a Soul

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Near the bustling industrial city of Tieling in northeastern China, there is a brand new city some 6 miles down the road called Tieling New City. The place has everything going for it. Visitors will find excellent infrastructure, government offices, schools, shopping centers and apartment complexes. Land and labor costs are significantly … Read more

Balance and Harmony Between Riches and Poverty

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Pauperist Heresies Heresies requiring material poverty for eternal salvation have sprung up since the dawn of Christianity. Here we refer more particularly to medieval miserabilists. Under the influence of the Cathars or Albigensians, who adopted the Manichean principle that … Read more

A Threat to Private Property in America

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Martha Boneta, a local farmer from Fauquier County, Virginia, has engaged in criminal behavior by hosting a birthday party on her farm for eight 10 year-old girls. Her crime was not obtaining a land-use permit, and she has been threatened with $5,000 in fines. The land-use permit Boneta did not obtain is … Read more

A Descent Into Hell

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A Review of Escape From Camp 14 Escape From Camp 14 is a modern-day horror story that spans 224 pages revealing the atrocities of the atheistic communist North Korean regime. Its facts are related by one of the few escapees who lived, Shin Dong-Hyuk. The testimony of a former inmate of the … Read more

America’s Native Spirit

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It might appear to a casual observer that the United States is not a country where one would find a healthy regionalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Bluegrass State which is commonly seen merely as the home of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Those who see it this way might be … Read more

What’s the Point of Ball-Point Pens?

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As the left shrieks for stricter gun control, Colorado’s Democrat-controlled House passed a statewide ban on concealed-carry weapons on college campuses along with several other radical gun-control measures. They also managed to disparage conceal-carry supporters and female students who prefer not to depend on the government for protection. Colorado Senator Jessie Ulibarri … Read more

Do Higher Taxes Really Produce Higher Revenue

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With all the discussions about tax rates and the prodigious amount of municipal deficits, our politicians and media tell us that we must increase tax rates to survive. One is left with the hollow feeling that there are no options and we must raise taxes regardless of the effects to stave off … Read more

Open House and Open Hearts for the Christ Child

Open House and Open Hearts for the Christ Child

On the afternoon of December 16, 2012, supporters and friends of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) arrived for the annual Christmas Celebration and Open House at the TFP headquarters in Spring Grove, Penn. Despite threats of rain, more than 300 from both near and far … Read more