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  The decorations and gifts of Christmas are one of our connections to a Christian culture that has held Western civilization together for 2,000 years. In our culture the individual counts. This permits an individual person to put his or her foot down, to take a stand on principle, to become a reformer and to take on injustice. The empowerment …

  25th of December, a pagan feast? Initially a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, it has been appropriated by secular forces to be expanded into a generic holiday that serves consumerism and pop culture more than it does Christ. What drives this modern, warped understanding of Christmas? Besides commercial forces, the most prominent driver is the idea …

  Christmas is a time of year where billions around the world commemorate the birth of Jesus, who was born in a barn and placed in a feeding container for animals. The light of Christmas: The humble beginnings of the son of Mary, who was begotten by the Spirit of God yet born from the womb of a woman, came …

  Jesus is repeatedly voted the most significant person in world history. Napoleon and Shakespeare came in second and third place, in a survey described by Professor Steven Skiena and Charles Ward in Who’s bigger? Where historical figures really rank. Jesus voted most significant person: Social research has long documented that belief in the spiritual dimension has not decreased in …

  The empowerment of the individual is unique to Western civilization and a Christian thought, writes Dr. Paul Craig Roberts in one of his Christmas Specials. Christmas and the individual: The decorations and gifts of Christmas are one of our connections to a Christian culture that has held Western civilization together for 2,000 years. In our culture the individual counts. …

  The true meaning of Christmas: In the ocean of gnomes, trolls and secularized Walt Disney – Santa Clauses on their endless rides to and from the North Pole, no wonder many disconnect the celebration of Christmas with the birth of Jesus. It truly is puzzling to watch the spiritual poverty in the West. We seem intrinsically converted to the …

  Jesus was born into a police state not unlike the growing menace of the American police state. When he grew up, he had powerful, profound things to say—things that would change how we view people, alter government policies and change the world. “Blessed are the merciful,” “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and “Love your enemies” are just a few examples …

  During the past years, over 50 % of American workers have been obligated to partake in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The DEI programs intended to tackle discrimination of gays, lesbians and other marginal minorities by applying Marxist ideology, yet it now seems to fail. DEI programs demonize the majority: …

  Hanne Nabintu Herland’s The Billionaire World: How Marxism serves the Elite (2023) is a vital book that will help you understand what is going on in the world today.  It will also help you to defend capitalism against objections that are all-too-common today, writes founder and president of the Mises Institute, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. The article first appeared at …

  In 1945 the United States emerged from a world war with the only intact industrial economy in the world.  The British, European, Soviet, and Japanese economies were in ruins.   China and the rest of Asia, Africa, and South America had undeveloped economies, later renamed third world economies.  Additionally, the US held most of the world’s gold reserves.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt …