The central character in Agnieszka Holland’s riveting account of the Ukrainian Holodomor is pursued by intrepid journalist Gareth Jones but the desired interviewee nonetheless never makes a genuine appearance. Such is fitting as the crux of the issue and the cause of the events addressed in Mr. Jones are not the makings of just one man–no…
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All due deference to the man who is the namesake of and one of the geniuses behind the greatest American sit-com about nothing, but in the recent war/argument/discussion/exchange/girly-slapfest over the status and future of New York City, it is hard to award dear Jerry with a win. It was indeed Seinfeld who played a novel,…
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The famed early theologian of the Church, Tertullian, is said to have exclaimed, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?!” Of course, he was speaking from the point of frustration, even exasperation, about contemporaries who from Tertullian’s perspective over-emphasized philosophy at the expense of faithful ascent to revelation. What does Illinois have to do…
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In two parts, audio recordings/lectures on the fascinating 1920s: Part I: Part II: mentioned and suggested readings and materials: ABC News, The Century Series: America’s Time, “Boom to Bust, 1920-1929“ David Kennedy et al., The American Pageant. Ludwig von Mises, Human Action. Murray Rothbard, The Progressive Era. Eric Sass, et al., The Mental Floss History…
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Yes! Thank God for you, Brian Urlacher! Finally someone had the balls (and balls are in such short supply these days) to state the obvious: NBA, MLB, NFL, and WNBA (that still exists?!) players who “protest” the shooting of criminal black men by police while in the city that Urlacher played for, truly innocent blacks…
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It is tense these days, inside the circle of the liberty movement, because crises require self-definition. Riots, unending wars, intense social isolation, COVid hysteria, and a hyperactive, sore-loser yet still emboldened left in the middle of a presidential election cycle–it’s a natural time to convey with conviction one’s identity. Let’s face it then–there is no…
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Genesis 9:12-17; 6 And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I will give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me, and between the earth. And…
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