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There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up

There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up

Oxford Dictionary defines anarchy as “a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems” which pretty much sums up our current political state. Our democracy is under attack but not from overseas; this is an internal attack from a tiny minority sector of the

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‘Good’ Left Abstractions Break Communities

Thomas Harrington Thomas Harrington, senior Brownstone scholar and Brownstone fellow, is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he taught for 24 years. His research is on Iberian movements of national identity and contemporary Catalan culture. His essays are published at Words in The Pursuit

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The Choices We Make Are Our Responsibility

The Choices We Make Are Our Responsibility

Personal responsibility: remember that quaint idea? It is positively Dickensian these days, when individual problems are made the responsibility of the country at large by way of various blunt instruments. The bottom line is that large numbers of our citizens accept no responsibility for their choices in their lives – it

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Who’d Pay for This Garbage?

Who’d Pay for This Garbage?

A government supported artist, Robert Heinlein wrote, is an incompetent whore. He might have added, an abusive one. Of course, there are some weirdos who pay a great deal of money to be abused by whores, but for most people, handing over money to beggars only to be returned a

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Last Year 73 Million Babies Were Killed

Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. mercatornet.com One of the first headlines that greeted me at the turn of the new year was this: “Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2023” This statistic grabbed my

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Cultures Superior to Western Culture

Cultures Superior to Western Culture

Over the last century there has been a constant campaign by left-wingers and academics to undermine Western civilisation. The system which has provided them with so much is the one thing they despise. This has been done in a variety of ways, but always reached a predictable stumbling block of

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Why Drag Queen Story Hour Was Created

Why Drag Queen Story Hour Was Created

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.

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We Can’t Ban Our Way to a Better World

We Can’t Ban Our Way to a Better World

Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace! (We need audacity, more audacity, always audacity!) Georges Jacques Danton Just a short time ago, on a Saturday, before

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…And Where We Are Going

…And Where We Are Going

Harry Palmer Politicians, their associates and handlers can wield the power of life and death over citizens. Those in the UK and to a slightly lesser degree the USA are currently rattling their sabres;  warning that a war with Russia is on the horizon and that conscription of innocent youth

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Why Gen Z Is Not Drinking Alcohol

Olivia Boyd Olivia Boyd is our Gen-Z guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology, and is an active member of the PragerForce group for students and young professionals. Previously Olivia had been

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Music Painted on the Wall Heard Again

Music Painted on the Wall Heard Again

Marica S Tacconi Penn State theconversation.com Imagine Lady Gaga or Elton John teaching at an orphanage or homeless shelter, offering daily music lessons. That’s what took place at Venice’s four Ospedali Grandi, which were charitable institutions that took in the needy – including orphaned and foundling girls – from

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How Often Do You Lie?

How Often Do You Lie?

Christian B. Miller Wake Forest University Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. Hunter Biden was charged with lying on a government form while purchasing a handgun. Republican Representative George Santos allegedly lied in many ways, including to donors through a third party in order to

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We Must Lead the Way

We Must Lead the Way

Baby boomers, of which I am one, have a lot to be thankful for. Looking at later generations, including the one immediately after (for which we must take some responsibility), are very different from ours. The generations prior to ours – involved in two world wars – were subjected to more horrors

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