When Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III recently spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum, he entitled his speech, “The Decisive Decade.” Author and geopolitical strategist, Jonathan D.T. Ward’s new book echoes the same sentiment, “The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China,” and breaks down the four arenas in which America…
Book Review: ‘The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China’
Freedom Fighter With a Pen: Mercy Otis Warren and American Liberty
March 22, 2023
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Any American with a high school diploma should recognize the names and deeds of our country’s most renowned Founders, patriots like Washington, Jefferson, and Abigail and John Adams. Some former students may recollect less familiar figures from that era who appear in most history texts, like Nathan Hale, Lafayette, Molly Pitcher, and John Paul Jones….
Film Review: ‘Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York’: Saving America’s Biggest City From Itself
March 21, 2023
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NR | 2h 5min | Documentary, Government, History | 21 March 2023 (USA) Covering the tenures of six New York City mayors between the years 1966 through 2013, director Matthew Taylor’s “Gotham: The Rise and Fall of New York” is an atypical rags-to-riches story that proves even the worst deeds of inept leaders can be rectified by people who actually know…
Lessons From Epictetus: On Mastering the Will
“Wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.”—Epictetus, Roman philosopher It’s advice that’s alien to the modern mentality. Shouldn’t everyone want everything to be better? But when we consider various people’s definitions of “better” and how the logical conclusion of certain forms of progress is…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’
1950 | R | 1h 26m | Comedy, Drama, Family Compared to contemporary times, the 1950s almost seem as if it took place in a completely different universe or dimension. Although there were some things that weren’t too kosher about that period of time, overall, it seemed like a dreamy era when the post-war boom…
Book Review: ‘An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us’
Life teems all around us, from annoying mosquito stings to the soothing sounds of songbirds to the wet nose of your family dog. As most of us gaze out on the world, we see, hear, smell, touch, taste, and sense a whole variety of stimuli. Oftentimes, we may assume that the creatures we inhabit the world with experience…
New Show ‘Mysteries of Life’ Explores the Big Questions of Human Existence
What happens when we die? A new show by NTD Television sets out to explore answers to this question, and other great questions about humanity: Who are we as human beings? Where did we come from? What’s our afterlife like? “Mysteries of Life,” a weekly series, investigates the mysteries of the universe, time, and humanity….
Profiles in History: W.W. Keen: The President’s Surgeon
By the time 1893 rolled around, W.W. Keen (1837–1932) was arguably the most prominent doctor in the country. That year, more than any other, would require his best work, because the stakes could not have been higher: The fate of America’s leader and, possibly, the country’s entire economy rested on his shoulders. Keen graduated from…
Theater Review: ‘The Comedy of Errors’: Artistic Director Gaines Retires With a Laugh
March 20, 2023
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CHICAGO—After 37 years as artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Barbara Gaines has directed all of Shakespeare’s 28 plays. She is now retiring, but her last production is not one of the Bard’s tragedies or histories, but a laugh-out-loud farce. In her good-bye production, Gaines is revisiting “The Comedy of Errors,” which she directed…
Elderly Man Recovers After Getting Critically Ill With COVID-19
March 20, 2023
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An 83-year-old man was infected with COVID-19 around the New Year, with about 3/4 of his lungs turning white on a CT image. He had to rely on oxygen machines to stay alive. When his son was ready to accept the worst possible outcome, he made an unexpected and miraculous recovery. The elderly Chinese man…
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