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Will Coronavirus Change What We Value?
In the story “A Christmas Carol,” when Charles Dickens received “visits” from all three ghosts in one night, he shouts so all can hear, “I… Read More
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News Media Needs to Be Saved, Especially From Itself
I confess to a certain self-interest in today’s column. The media, especially newspapers, are in trouble. Conservatives like myself have been relentless in attacking their… Read More
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Coronavirus Shows Our Need for God
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The immortal words of Charles Dickens have never rung truer than now, during… Read More
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Government’s Role in COVID-19 Doesn’t Show Big Government Is Good
“There are no libertarians in a global pandemic.” So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in… Read More
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One Millennial’s Guide to COVID-19: 8 Ways to Embrace Our New Normal
Millennials have spent their formative years reading self-help books and binge-watching lifestyle video blogs. We are students of the Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, and DiSC personality tests…. Read More
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America’s National Pastime: Remembering the Role of Women
COVID-19 continues to alter day-to-day life in America. For example, Major League Baseball’s opening day games were slated for last Thursday. But the ballparks remain… Read More
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An American in China Tells What Life Has Been Like Since COVID-19 Struck
It is challenging to know the reality of how the coronavirus has and will affect China. COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has… Read More
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15 Religious Leaders Share How to Hope During the Pandemic
The coronavirus has drastically changed our world. But the uniqueness of this situation is that we are all facing the same thing together, while being… Read More
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Time to Step Up: The Coronavirus Opportunity for Our Country
This week’s dumb national debate has been about when to reopen our economy. To date, our strategy on the coronavirus has been to shut down… Read More
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How Religious Groups Are Helping During COVID-19 Pandemic
When Rev. Jay Voorhees, pastor of City Road Chapel just outside Nashville, Tennessee, saw dozens of people in his community laid off as restaurants and… Read More
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‘Daddy-Daughter’ Viral Duets Aim to Bring Hope, Joy Amid COVID-19 Despair
Father and daughter Mat and Savanna Shaw had no intentions of making a video for anyone other than their family and friends when they sat… Read More
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Pandemic in 2020: Dark Times Lead to Brighter Days
Already, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused incalculable damage: death for some, illness for many, and a profound toll in uncertainty, stress, and economic loss for… Read More
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Ways to Find Happiness During This Difficult Time
Since we are all stuck at home for weeks, here are some suggestions to help you and help America. Watch less news. Interview and opinion… Read More
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Distancing, Quarantine, Isolation: Tools to Combat a Pandemic
Major events bring with them new words, phrases, and social responses. Some events—such as major terrorist attacks or global pandemics—call upon us to change how… Read More
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Winning the Coronavirus War
America has faced great challenges in the past, and we have always gotten through them stronger than we were before. From the Civil War to… Read More
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The Legacy of Americans in a Time of Crisis
No one except the foolish or perhaps the suicidal would deny that the coronavirus has created a deadly crisis affecting every American. But it is… Read More
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The Upside of ‘Price Gouging’
“We don’t have any … !” Fill in the blank. People are stocking up on things, fearing that we will be stuck in our homes,… Read More
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Socialism’s Past
Sen. Bernie Sanders’, I-Vt., call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here… Read More
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Churches on the Front Lines of Responding to Coronavirus
“Hunger doesn’t take a break at times like this.” And neither does Second Harvest Heartland. For food bank workers like Allison O’Toole, coronavirus is only part… Read More
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Share Your Tales of Life in the Shadow of COVID-19
How are you and your family responding to the “new normal” in this, the time of coronavirus? How about your workplace or place of worship?… Read More
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LGBT Left’s Shameful Intolerance of Faith-Based Adoption Agencies Hurts Kids
Why would anyone want to shut down organizations that have a long history of successfully placing vulnerable children in loving homes? At a recent hearing… Read More
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Want to Keep Americans Safe Without More Gun Control? Meet the TAPS Act
Too many lawmakers today cannot fathom a world where “keeping Americans safe from violence” means anything other than imposing stringent gun control measures. That makes… Read More
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Professor, Punished for Not Using Preferred Pronouns, Appeals After Judge Dismisses Case
A professor at an Ohio university is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that he contends compels him to say something he doesn’t agree with. “Professors… Read More
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What We Lose by the Closing of Community Department Stores
Five years ago, the sad goodbye to an icon began when Macy’s decided to close its flagship location in downtown Pittsburgh. The void, alas, still… Read More
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Problematic Women: Uncovering the True History Behind the Women’s Movement
This week we say goodbye to our co-host, Kelsey Bolar. Before she goes, Kelsey joins us for one last episode to discuss our favorite topics:… Read More
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What the Coronavirus Should Teach Us
As the markets have plummeted over global fears surrounding the fallout from the new coronavirus, political pundits have taken up the call: Find some meaning… Read More
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Today’s Great Black Dilemma
I was proud when Marc Little, chairman of my organization, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, recently stood behind President Donald Trump at a… Read More
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5 Examples of How the Conservative Movement Is Leading the Way
As the stock market swings wildly up and down, as a virus casts a shadow across the country, and as politics resemble mud-wrestling more with… Read More
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Sasse Calls for Federal Investigation Into Pornhub’s ‘Disturbing Pipeline’
Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Pornhub. Sasse wrote to Attorney General William Barr in a Monday letter that… Read More
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The Shame of Chuck Schumer
Just when you may have thought that the low quality of political rhetoric in Washington could not get any worse, along comes Senate Minority Leader… Read More
