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Broken civilizations get rebuilt at the local community level as families, businesses, churches and small civil governments begin to learn what those local institutions can be. That is happening right now in the US, primarily in rural counties.

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Childless Dog Ladies

In South Korea, the culture of childlessness, no marriage, no family has set the nation on the road to extinction. So what do people do for loneliness?

"The boom in pet services has changed the country’s urban landscape. Hospitals and shops catering to pets have become ubiquitous, while childbirth clinics have all but disappeared, as South Korea’s birthrate has become the lowest in the world. In parks and neighborhoods, strollers are more often than not carrying dogs. Online shopping malls say they sell more baby carriages for dogs than for babies." NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/world/asia/south-korea-dogs-pet-popularity.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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Is Suicidal Europe an Ally?

American foreign policy must consider not only the condition of allied nations today but also the direction or trajectory in which they are moving. European leadership restricting freedom of speech and banning entry to peaceful activists cannot be dismissed as purely domestic when it affects American citizens and raises questions about the values on which the transatlantic alliance rests.

Kristin Ziccarelli

Continuing Education

“I write books to educate myself"

Paul Johnson (1928–2023), the British historian and author, wrote more than 50 books over his lifetime.

James Comey Indicted
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