Senior editor & writer @American_Habits. Family, history, theology, & roots music. Ole Miss & Asbury Seminary alum. Recovering what lasts.
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“When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.” ~ Bernard Crick
"The Last Stand of Fox Company" by Bob Drury and Tom Calvin about so many of our Marines being completely surrounded at the Chosin Reservoir.
Brutal to read given the totally horrendous -40 temperatures and waves of suicidal enemy charges. Mad respect to those men.
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Rob Hall argues that elected office needs people from every walk of life, including doctors, engineers, teachers, nurses, firefighters, and others who bring real-world experience to public service.
There haven't been this many people pointing out that the Titanic never turned around since April 1912.
The Hoover Institution described the 1990s as a “great gubernatorial revival,” when governors spearheaded ambitious reforms to welfare, education, and public safety rather than waiting for a Congress.
It can happen again.
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"The American Founders understood human nature much better than many of our contemporary political leaders understand or care about constitutional government today."
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My three-year-old son has been hanging out with his mom too much again because he just asked me if he could Amazon something.
There really needs to be a special smug tax.
United Airlines CEO calls for national wealth tax, inheritance taxes approaching 100% foxbusiness.com/fox-news-tra…
One of the interesting things about living in North Carolina is that you actually get very good at familiarizing and placing all the regional New York accents.
The other day I was like “that’s definitely Long Island” and then a few minutes later: “She’s definitely from Brooklyn.”
My three-year-old son is having a birthday party this week and got his seven-year-old brother to make it very clear who is not invited. He’s very insistent that only mature and big kids (like him, he claims) can come to his party.
Also, not a great grammar look.
“O hope of every contrite heart,
O joy of all the meek,
to those who fall, how kind thou art!
How good to those who seek!”
—Bernard of Clairvaux
My wife just asked me a question about “Custard’s Last Stand” and I’m literally shaking from laughing so hard.
"Some states have been very vocal about federal overreach when their guy or political tribe is not in the White House, yet they rank in the bottom half of the federalism scorecard."
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I’m not going to try and pretend I have the social graces and mannerisms of an 18th century Virginia planter but camping out for a grocery store seems a little undignified.
These folks from Lexington, South Carolina camped out at Charlotte’s first Wegmans. They got here at 5 pm yesterday. The store opens at 9 am! @wsoctv
What if most of the drivers for even bigger government are cultural and not really about economic conditions?
Marriage data reveals traditional nuclear families are disappearing across US - with a rate of just 13% in one major city trib.al/Ux4t1VL
