Society
News and commentary on society, culture, family, and community from a conservative perspective. Coverage of the trends and issues shaping American life.
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opinion
Levin’s Latest Tackles Thorny Issue of Power
Mark Levin has written a brand-new book on a huge subject: “On Power.” How do you boil that subject down to 208 pages? In America, the founders and their current admirers have been all about limiting power, having the humility about human nature to understand that people lust for power. Early on, Levin quotes C.S…. -
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America’s ‘Happiest’ Golfer Has a Timeless Message: Family First
Every recreational golfer of my generation shares at least two things in common: We grew up revering Tiger Woods, and we know “Happy Gilmore,” the 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy, like the back of our hands. Which millennial, while lining up a putt on the green, hasn’t told himself at some point to just “tap… -
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Creative Studio to Release Video Series for America’s 250th Anniversary
A creative studio in Austin, Texas, is launching a six-part video series to examine America’s founding principles in anticipation of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The series, called 250 Years in Pursuit, adds to the Emergent Order Foundation’s expansive content portfolio that promotes a civilized society based on values such as human dignity and freedom…. -
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Cleavage In a Bored Country
Some countries have true, serious problems. Then there are countries that have national discussions over a buxom young white woman in a jeans commercial. Obviously, America is the latter. This week, the internet—and the media more generally—exploded over a commercial starring actress Sydney Sweeney for American Eagle. The spot features Sweeney, lying seductively on the… -
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Virginia Nonprofit Wins Prize to Create US History Documentaries for Nation’s 250th Anniversary
Cana Academy is a Virginia-based nonprofit with a mission to train teachers and equip them with educational resources. With America’s 250th anniversary next year, the organization has embarked on an ambitious project to create 250 short American history documentaries. Last month, The Heritage Foundation awarded Cana Academy with a $50,000 Innovation Prize to support its… -
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Chemical Abortions, Sex Education: March for Life President Addresses Future of Pro-Life Movement
There has been a significant shift in the fight to protect the unborn since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Now, the March for Life is holding state-based marches across the country and continues to work to shift the… -
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AI Is Making Us Wiser. Just Ask Socrates.
A recent MIT study made for splashy headlines: “Using AI makes you stupid, research finds.” Though researchers cautioned against using words like “dumb” or “stupid” in their findings, the study appeared to show that the more a person relied on AI, the less neural connectivity that person experienced. The jury is still out on whether… -
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WATCH: The Left Doesn’t Just Hate Sydney Sweeney’s Ad. It Hates You.
American Eagle released a statement Friday afternoon regarding their controversial ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. The shocker? The company is refusing to apologize. The Left lost it over the ad campaign, calling it “Nazi propaganda” because she’s white, blonde, and the ad makes a pun about having “good genes” … and good jeans. This kind… -
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Religious Expression Rights Restored for Federal Employees
Religious liberty has been restored to government institutions as federal employees can now once again express their faith in the workplace, according to a recent memo from the Trump administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Protections extended to employees include the display of religious items; religious expressions; and religious conversations between federal employees, including… -
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Another Mass Shooting, Another Butcher’s Bogus Rationale
WASHINGTON—I have a pet peeve about news coverage of mass murder. When the story breaks, cable news anchors report, as they first did after Monday’s shooting in Midtown Manhattan, that the killer’s motives were unknown. What do mass shooters‘ motives matter? When killers leave notes to explain their brutality, they leave self-aggrandizing excuses for snuffing… -
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St. John Henry Newman to Be Elevated by Pope to Doctor of the Church
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday confirmed that St. John Henry Newman will soon be recognized as a Doctor of the Church. The move is the latest recognition of the profound influence of Newman on Catholics in the almost 135 years since his death. Reacting to the news on the social media platform X, Kevin Roberts,… -
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Pete’s Telling ‘Pivot’
Once again, a Democrat is using slippery language to imply he understands the unfairness of men in women’s sports. “I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women’s sports,” former Biden administration Transportation Secretary… -
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How to Keep Kids From Killing Kids
What once would have shocked the conscience is now forgotten by the end of the article. Consider these recent stories on juvenile homicides. In Southern Nevada, last October, 17-year-old Keanu Enright left his home to play video games. Police said a group of friends ended up “handling a gun.” A 15-year-old boy then shot and… -
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Trump Acts to Provide Mental Health Care for Homeless
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a powerful, compassionate executive order that will mandate the hospitalizations of homeless people suffering mental illness and addiction. The order will place suffering people into long-term mental health care institutions and restore public safety. “The Federal Government and the States have spent tens of billions of dollars on failed… -
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Reclaiming Hollywood: An Opportunity for Conservatives
Superman is an alien conservatives should protect. I’m talking IP and icons here, so if James Gunn’s newest installment of the Superman franchise deserved critique, conservatives should not be shy. But because the Man of Steel properly understood soars higher than anything as a symbol for what America means, conservatives should use this moment to… -
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What Will AI Do for Our Happiness?
The West faces a series of serious economic challenges: a demographic collapse that undermines growth; a welfare state that sucks money from the future and dispenses it in the present; a regulatory structure that focuses more on redistributionism and top-down control than on innovation. But, we are told, there is one enormous hope for the… -
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Bystanders Subdue Walmart Attacker, FBI Supports Investigation Into Michigan Stabbings
None of the 11 victims in the stabbing at a Michigan Walmart Saturday afternoon are in critical condition anymore, the local hospital treating them announced. Munson Medical Center said Sunday morning that it’s seeing “encouraging signs of recovery” in the victims injured in the Traverse City, Michigan, stabbing. As of Sunday morning, four of the… -
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The Canning of Colbert Is a Victory for Comedy … and for Colbert
The seven days of mourning over the death of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show has ended. The rendered garments have been replaced. The flag no longer flies at half-staff. I now feel at liberty to speak without sounding ghoulish. “Good riddance!” I say. First, a bit of background. For years, I was a nationally-syndicated topical humor… -
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Sports League Keeps Politics Off the Field When Israel’s Participation Triggers Threats
Fourteen football players boarded a plane and flew from Israel to Amsterdam in the middle of July for the Australian Football League’s European tournament. When news of Israel’s participation in the tournament triggered threats of protests, Australian Football League Europe did not capitulate to political pressure. It is the role of the Australian Football League… -
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Bugs Bunny at 85: Bugs Reflected the Culture, Politics of the Times
I know, I know. We have been in the midst of a blizzard of important domestic and world events this summer, from the final week of the Supreme Court’s term with a slew of important decisions to the fight over the “Big, Beautiful Bill” to the war in the Middle East and the Russian/Ukrainian conflict….