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The more the holidays change, the more they stay the same even in a world where change is the only constant
To the young, all is new. They’re on the ride for the first time, making it near impossible to understand what it will feel like for the fiftieth. To the old, the belief that we’ve seen it all before settles in along with the feeling that nothing can surprise us anymore. It’s a bizarre irony…
I am Santa Claus, bringer of joy to millions of children, until they realize I’m not real and a little magic is gone from the world forever, or is it?
I have gone through a lot of incarnations over the centuries, from a real life saint to a figure that travels with an accomplice who beats naughty children with stick, but today, I encapsulate the potential for real magic in the world, magic that the lucky among you carry a little of forever. I am…
The clock is ticking on the economy, but there are certainly positive signs as the new year rolls in
The border is secure, the government has been slashed, tariffs are in place, Most Favored Nation status has been achieved with major brands, and the Big Beautiful Bill is law. That leaves only two questions that matter: Will this work and will Americans feel the positive impacts in time for the midterms? Last week, President…
The impossibility of Joan of Arc, the one story that could transform even Mark Twain into a believer
How did an illiterate peasant that never sat on a horse in her entire life, much less have military training of any kind, march to war at seventeen years old, change the entire fate of France, and then defy the learned authorities of the Church for six months before being executed at nineteen? In many…
What do Never Trump Republicans really want at this point? A resignation, a removal from office, or something else, and why won’t they just say it?
If they believe the President is a deranged lunatic who’s a danger to us all as many of them claim, how could they not conclude that he should be removed from office as soon as possible and by whatever means possible? If they truly believe that, why do they refuse to advocate for it like…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 