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To Rejuvenate Our Politics, Look to the Classics 

Though politics today is viewed as nasty and cruel, the progenitors of Western Civilization saw it as an opportunity to work together for the common good

Star Stuff and Suicide Pods

Carl Sagan’s famed description of humans as mere “star stuff” now adorns suicide pods, as was always the logical conclusion of such thinking

Israel Models Valuing Public Religion Without Discrimination Against Minorities

While Israel embraces its specifically Jewish religious heritage, it does so in a way which still values and cares for Israelis of all backgrounds and faiths

Rising Individualism, Declining Western Civilization

Tory MP Danny Kruger sketches a philosophy of history that laments the West’s lost sense of deep community without romanticizing the past

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