We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
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An important note: In these times of short attention spans, it is perhaps relevant to point out that this series is geared more to ensuring you understand when it is personally acceptable
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There are many elements of a society or culture that help to define it. For the Men of the West, few things are more definitive than Football, the greatest sport yet invented
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Any time we bring Nixon into the conversation, opponents want to drag in Watergate. Fair enough. Nixon is the only United States President who had to step down, and he did so
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This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what
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By Alan Stang Recently, I received a complaint from a now happily departed reader. He took issue with a recent piece in which I recalled the history of our centuries-long conflict with
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Is it not the question of our age? What is wrong with America? It is a question asked by liberals and libertarians. Republicans, Democrats, and the confused independents as well. We as
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Too often, modern folks believe that they have figured everything out and that wisdom from the past can be ignored. As a case in point, note that young people often rebel against
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This is the first article in an intended series that considers life lessons that can be learned from the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon. While he is primarily remembered
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It is interesting and somewhat amusing to me that a vast majority of so-called Christians miss the most fundamental aspect of Christianity. And when you tell them what that is, many of
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If you are reading this website, you probably imagine yourself to be a civilized person. Or, if not civilized, perhaps you aspire to be. However, if you were married after Labor Day,
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