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I’ve never been a country music fan. And I couldn’t name more than a handful of famous country singers, and even fewer country songs. But Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" is a new all time favorite of mine across all genres. Ironically, I knew about the song for many years, but the first time I heard her sing it was this past Tuesday after getting the news that Dolly Parton passed away. How could this be? Many years ago I came across a children’s book on display in my pu

The propaganda in favor of socialism is a line so fashionable these days that it causes youth to tell pollsters they're in favor of socialism. So, what is the best way to cut through that propaganda? The answer is simply to reply, loud and clear: “Socialism is Slavery!” I don’t hear this often enough, even though many thinking people have made the point. The economist Thomas Sowell made the comparison many years ago, noting that slaves are always kept in a state of dependenc

In 1944, CS Lewis warned the graduating class at Kings College, University of London about the human desire to be part of an “inner circle,” an elite, an exclusive group of those “in the know.” His lecture, titled “The Inner Ring” explained the dangers of becoming obsessed by the desire to gain social status through connection with perceived elites. This dynamic is absolutely central to understanding the weaponization of loneliness . C. S. Lewis The craving to be part of an

Consider a tragic case of family betrayal during Mao Zedong's cultural revolution in China when a teenager named Zhang Hongbing turned...

I was honored when Sam Sorbo asked to interview me about my book The Weaponization of Loneliness. I met her at the ARC Conference in...

I was dismayed, though not hugely surprised, when I saw Hillary Clinton’s recent article at the Atlantic headlined with the exact title...

Loneliness, by Hans Thoma, 1880 (Wikimedia Commons) Last month Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an 81-page advisory called "Our...

Over the past 32 years, the anti-freedom brigade in Congress and their allies in the propaganda media have waged a constant war against...

When the US Congress passed the so-called "Respect for Marriage Act" in late November, I wrote a Federalist article about the real effect...

The Weaponization of Loneliness The full title of my new book, just released, is The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our...

In my latest Federalist piece I explore a much more profound reason for the First Amendment than we're used to thinking about. It...

I recently posted a piece at American Thinker that examines the growing phenomenon of voter intimidation in personal relationships. It's...

I recently spoke at the Family Research Council about a new fad in mass public schooling called “social and emotional learning” (SEL.)...

My Father’s Day piece at the Federalist is a meditation on the contributions of fathers to the labor of their households. You can read...

“Let's Realize as Moms, that Work-Life Balance Just Doesn't Exist." In it, I explored what I think is going on with the meme about...

March 8 was introduced as the “Day of the Women” early in the 20th century when it was called International Working Women’s Day. The...

October 6 is the feast day of Saint Faith of Agen. Few people are aware that there is actually a saint named “Faith” in the...

A De-Sexed Society is a De-Humanized Society." It was my analysis of President Obama's directive to enforce a transgender policy on all...

Happy Mother’s Day. For me this is a time to contemplate the difference devoted mothers make in our lives. And the difference is much...

“Privilege theory” claims that the “haves” are basically endowed with “privilege” that comes from being white or male or heterosexual or...