Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church

It’s odd that, amid the speculative blather from politicians and pundits surrounding Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, none of them seem to recognize the sentiments that prompted it are precisely the same as those that sparked the American Revolution.

Like the 13 American colonies in 1776, the British people are obligated to shoulder . . . → Read More: ‘Brexit’ echoes the shot heard around the world

A friend—a trusting soul who tries to see the best in everybody—gently chided me last Sunday for being unwarrantably critical of socialism in general and the Soviet Union in particular.

“Can’t you think of anything good so say about the Soviet Union?” he asks. “Surely you have to admit socialism has had some successes.”

He’s . . . → Read More: Socialism is not entirely without its tiny triumphs

Something quite terrifying is apparently happening to the American mind, or at least the more youthful portion of it. It appears to be rapidly losing its capacity for rational thought. Instead of thinking, increasingly it simply seems to “feel.”

In short, it looks as if we, as a people, are swiftly devolving from the sapient . . . → Read More: Losing the American mind’s capacity for rational thought