The Criminal Catch and Release...
By Jeff Minick “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?” That song and those...
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The Unprecedented Death Spiral...
By Jeff Minick Recent reports bring alarming numbers from insurance companies about the death rates of working-age men and...
read moreWhy the Current Flight to Smal...
America won’t survive without turning away from its rootless cities and toward the rooted nature of its small rural communities. By...
read moreA Goodbye Kiss for Family Prog...
One wonders whether it is still possible to enjoy family entertainment that is not doomed to be turned into leftist agitprop. By Paul...
read more‘Red Dawn’: A Movi...
The 1984 flick “Red Dawn” seems almost prophetic in its message when compared to today’s political and cultural...
read moreSickening Truths and Consequen...
By Jeff Minick American journalist H. L. Mencken once said, “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands,...
read moreOmicron Is Turning Into Om-i-c...
By Jeff Minick Like many of you, I’ve read numerous articles in the last two years about COVID-19, masks and lockdowns, deaths,...
read moreWhatever Happened to the Boy S...
By Walter Block It was once an honor to earn a merit badge in the Boy Scouts. Becoming a Star Scout was a privilege, a Life Scout was...
read moreReading the Vanishing Volumes ...
Open up the living books that surround you before time closes them forever. By Jeff Minick Reading through online headlines I often...
read moreNo Wonder Why People and Busin...
In the third quarter of this year, 150,000 more people on average left the state versus 60,000 net departures in the first quarter of...
read moreIllusions and Falsehoods Are D...
Our philosophy of relativism leads to illusion, and illusion leads to ruin. By Jeff Minick As Pontius Pilate nears the end of his...
read moreIt’s Time to Make Our Young Pe...
If we want the best for our children, we’ll give them the tools required to survive and overcome the ordeals of the future. By Jeff...
read moreMelting Down Art and History
By Jeff Minick After the Civil War, former North Carolina governor Zeb Vance became a U.S. senator. His Northern colleagues enjoyed...
read moreWhy Aren’t Kids Outside ...
By Lenore Skenazy “What is a good age to let kids walk to the park and play without an adult?” That’s the simple,...
read moreWe’re All on This Train Togeth...
By Jeff Minick “All aboard!” North Carolina writer Anna Raglan was delighted to find that Amtrak’s conductors still called out these...
read moreA Simple Test for Determining ...
Fear and madness abound these days. But here’s the good news: the rest of us don’t have to participate. By Jeff Minick We’ve gone...
read moreLooking for COVID Truth in All...
By Jeff Minick (CORRECT & NOTE TO READERS: The original story cited Stephen Green’s article claiming that Italy’s...
read more‘We Gather Together’ in a Time...
A Thanksgiving reflection on the lessons of the hymn “We Gather Together” in difficult times. By Annie Holmquist I sat...
read more‘They Ain’t A-Gonna Stop’...
By Jeff Minick Long ago I read in some biography or study of William Faulkner that he and a friend were driving down a country road...
read moreIt’s Time to Call Out Higher E...
It’s long past time to take off the kid gloves when dealing with the higher education system. By Tom Piatak There is little...
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