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In Case You Missed It: My Posts for the Week
Civilization in the Danger Zone – The Los Angeles premiere of an important new documentary.
There is No Fun in Progressivism – Totalitarians can dish it out but they can’t take it.
Everything is Racist – When the aim is to knock the pillars out from under every societal norm, this should come as no surprise.
My latest podcast episode at The Right Take With Mark Tapson: “Risky Business: Making Movies (Featuring Cyrus Nowrasteh)” at Spotify and on Apple Podcasts
Recommended Reading for Navigating the Cultural Landscape
Articles – A variety of the week’s most worthwhile pieces online:
Creation, Incarnation, and Imagination from The Imaginative Conservative – The West’s creativity in the arts and sciences was instigated by Christian minds building upon the classical past.
Courage for 2023 from Crisis magazine – Courage is not a onetime choice. It is one we must make every day.
Where the Boys Aren’t by Kay Hymowitz at City-Journal – Culture wars over gender obscure the deepening educational struggles of young males.
There is No Right Side of History at Bari Weiss’ The Free Press – A political progressive warns that the idea that “history” is on our side is a dangerous myth.
The Baleful Cargo of Woke Diversity Worship from Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness – Diversity can ensure either dynamism or bedlam.
World Hijab Day: Virtue Signals Getting Crossed at FrontPage Mag – A comparison of World Hijab Day to No Hijab Day.
The Married-Mom Advantage at The Atlantic – The pathway to happiness runs through married motherhood, not away from it.
Books – Absolute must-reads:
Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher – A manual for Christian dissidents in a time of “soft totalitarianism,” now out in paperback.
Submission by Michel Houllebecq – A chilling dystopian novel of the West’s future under Islam.
The Weaponization of Loneliness by Stella Morabito – How power elites weaponize the fear of loneliness to enforce social conformity and wage war on the private sphere of life.
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