Deana Chadwell

Cause-and-effect is one of the first abstract ideas the human brain learns to deal with. The tiniest baby knows within his first few hours that if he cries, his mom will feed him. Even my little dogs know that if they bring me one of their…

I was about ten years old when I first learned about Joan of Arc, the 14-year-old peasant girl who, against all odds, led the army of France against the British in the Hundred Years War. I had checked out from our school library a little…

Of all the defense mechanisms, denial is the easiest, the most pleasant, the most available of all the psychological options. One can repress unwanted feelings, project them onto some unlucky soul, or rationalize them into nonexistence,…

Not long ago I heard that Trump had declared that he can fix our national woes in six months’ time once he regains office. Wouldn’t that be super? I don’t doubt that he can, and will, rectify a great deal of what’s amiss. He can close the…

We’re all worried about the state of our country, but the ability to discuss our problems in a reasonable and productive manner is eluding us. Part of this disability comes from the fact that (and I’m borrowing from Thomas Sowell here) half…

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That was Then: Soon This Will be Too - American Thinker <!--/assets/js/load_ads.js?v=2--> <!-- --> May 30, 2023 Many of us feel like we’re swimming against a torrent that is rushing toward a massive…

Reimagining the Secular Fairytale - American Thinker <!--/assets/js/load_ads.js?v=2--> <!-- --> December 11, 2022 We are frequently harangued about “reimagining” whatever it is the left wants to…