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The latest event in France has elicited an array of responses from politicians and commentators here in America.  For now, I’d like to focus on the single judgment that everyone from across the political spectrum seems to share: Whether “conservatives” or “liberals,” Republicans or Democrats, “rightists” or “leftists,” etc. all seem to agree that the…

Jack Hunter is a former staffer for Rand Paul who once delivered politically incorrect commentary as “the Southern Avenger.”  When Hunter’s past came to light, it wasn’t before long that he and Senator Paul parted ways. Ever since—perhaps in the hope that the “respectable” will forgive him his transgressions before the 2016 GOP presidential primaries?—Hunter…

Recently, I claimed that everyone—politicians, academics, and media commentators—who promoted the idea that police brutality is a national “epidemic,” or even a “growing concern,” as one self-styled libertarian put it, share some culpability for the murders of the two NYPD officers who were gunned down in their vehicle right before Christmas. More specifically, they are…

Christmas, unlike any other Western holiday, is ubiquitous.  It is as impossible for an inhabitant of the Western world to escape Christmas as it is impossible for a person to escape breathing while remaining alive. For this reason, Christmas is a microscopic expression of Christianity’s relationship to the civilization to which it gave rise. Both…
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