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July 27, 2020
Kerby Anderson

China

Kerby Anderson China has been in the news lately, and not just because of their mishandling of the coronavirus. A number of government officials have been warning of the danger China poses. And before...

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July 24, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Cultural Revolution

Penna Dexter Historian, columnist, and professor Victor Davis Hanson has been speaking and writing lately about the current cultural revolution. He contrasts cultural revolutions with political revolu...

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July 24, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Marxism

Kerby Anderson Over the last few weeks, the term “Marxism” has been used quite a bit to describe the philosophy of both individuals and organizations. But what does this term mean? Marxists come in di...

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July 23, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Churches and the Virus

Kerby Anderson The headlines for a New York Times article said it all: “Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases.” It’s a scary headline, that isn’t even close t...

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July 22, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Disavowed Study

Kerby Anderson How should the academic world respond when a research study published in a peer-reviewed journal comes to a conclusion you wouldn’t expect? In the past, some might have challenged the m...

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July 21, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Online Mob

Kerby Anderson “The online mob came for Harald Uhlig.” That is how a recent column by John Stossel begins. The University of Chicago professor is also the head of the Journal of Political Economy but...

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July 20, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Voter Registration

Kerby Anderson A dead cat in Atlanta, Georgia was sent a voter registration form in the mail. That is unfortunate since only live dogs and cats should be registered to vote. I’m joking, but just barel...

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July 17, 2020
Kerby Anderson

The Princeton Letter

Penna Dexter On Independence Day this year, some faculty members published a letter to the senior administration at Princeton University. Eventually hundreds signed on. But classics professor Joshua K...

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July 17, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Words

Kerby Anderson Most of the debates we have in society are a war of words. It’s not surprising that liberals and progressives have redefined words and phrases to promote their agenda. Abortion is call...

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July 16, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Lives Matter

Kerby Anderson In the midst of the debates about which lives matter is a more important question as to why lives matter at all. This is not a commentary about “Black Lives Matter” or “All Lives Matte...

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July 15, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Statues

Kerby Anderson The list of statues that have been defaced or torn down increases each week. What started a few years ago as an attempt to remove a few statues after an extended political debate has o...

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July 14, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Deadly Isolation

Kerby Anderson The lockdowns during the pandemic may have been helpful for our physical health, but they have not been so helpful for our mental health. One example can be seen in the dramatic increa...

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