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PARIS – The gold medals won this week by Canada’s Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers in the men’s and women’s hammer throw at the 2024 Olympics have been a welcome and unexpected payoff of the longstanding Canadian tradition of giving…

“See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet — America is asking you to call…” The opening line from this advertising jingle, made famous when sung by Dinah Shore in the 1950s, speaks to the America of the postwar era. In those years following World…

In a revolting display of ideological lunacy and pandering of the worst kind, the Biden administration issued a statement celebrating March 31 as “Transgender Day of Visibility.” You might have noticed that March 31 was also Easter Sunday.…

On March 7, Superintendent Steve Gilland announced a planned change to the official mission of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: eliminating the words “Duty,” “Honor,” and “Country.” It is impossible to overstate the reverence with…

Hallmark movies feature relentlessly repeated tropes and can be very predictable. These stories frequently feature a woman in a high-intensity career who gets stranded in a magical Christmas town where she encounters a ruggedly handsome…

As families around America gather to give thanks on Thursday, spreading love and sharing our customs will be at the heart of those celebrations. Such special moments help me remember where I come from and draw from the spirit of my…

The thing about greatest hits is that they are usually pretty good. And Claes Ryn’s new book, The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken, is no exception. The volume collects articles, essays, and book excerpts spanning the…

A continuing care home in Des Moines, IA has been fined $10,000 after funeral home workers discovered that a 66-year-old woman declared dead by the facility was still alive in a body bag. What do you think?“Exact same thing happened to…

It’s been a good year for classical Christian education. New school starts are up threefold, a book on classical education became No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list, and on Jan. 26, Fox Nation will release season two of a popular…

Some poor misguided souls view tradition with suspicion. Nothing but archaic echoes of repressive ages, they say. I, like most conservatives, view things a little differently. Tradition, properly viewed, is an inter-generational “body…