Suspicion Is Not Knowledge

Suspicion feels like knowledge, but it is only an alert. In politics and media, suspicion is often used to create...
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Weed vs. Booze Is the Wrong Question

Alcohol and marijuana are usually compared by harm, safety, legality, or social acceptance. But that comparison misses the deeper issue....
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What Is Self-Command?

Self-command is more than self-control. It is the ability to govern attention, speech, appetite, emotion, judgment, and action. Without self-command,...
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Why Political Tension Is Necessary

Political tension is not always the enemy. Held correctly, tension creates the space where government can work. Without it, politics...
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Why America Needs Both Left and Right

The right and left are not enemies. At their best, one protects structure and the other protects life. Each side...
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What Is Materialism? The View That Reduces Man to Matter

Materialism assumes that physical reality is the only firm reality. It explains man through matter, energy, biology, chemistry, brain function,...
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The Dictionary and the Culture

A dictionary looks harmless, but definitions shape culture. When words like harm, freedom, safety, law, justice, and man change meaning,...
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Recovering the Human Person

The answer to the redefinition of man is recovery. Man is not god, not meat, not data, and not appetite....
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Who Benefits When Words Change Meaning?

When a word changes meaning, authority shifts. Harm, safety, truth, freedom, compassion, law, and education do not merely change as...
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Why a Society of Little Gods Cannot Hold Together

Modern culture often tells people to define themselves, choose their truth, and reject limits. But if every person becomes his...
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