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Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "In retrospect, what to social and religious conservatives looked like a desperate fearmongering campaign by Democrats over the Dobbs decision looked like an existential threat to single women who now take abortion to be a fundamental aspect of their lives. And these women represent a substantial and growing part of the electorate, even in otherwise “Red” states. In effect, for these single women, the modern […]

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "The machine didn’t hate Trump because he wrote mean tweets or because he was a right-winger or a populist—they hated him because he’s not part of the machine. He has his own money. But this is all up to you now. I can’t pretend that Pennsylvania actually preferred a severely disabled stroke victim to a Trump-endorsed candidate. I can’t pretend that, while incumbent presidents lose […]

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "It was 7 years ago today, The KingDude taught good men to say, The Press goes in and out of style But we guarantee to raise a smile" Me - Today is the 7th Birthday of The CRUSADE Channel, launched by y/t on 10 Nov, 2015. We've struggled but survived and always kept our eyes on the prize, a truly Free Press operating under the […]

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "Understanding this difference between objective and subjective judgment is crucial to our understanding of beauty and indeed reality. As long as we know the difference, we will avoid unnecessary confusion and conflict. It is the difference between “the best” and “my favourite”. If we are arguing that something is “the best”, we need to employ objective reasons for the judgment; if we are merely saying […]

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "We can no longer conserve. So we must build and rebuild and, therefore, take a stand on what is worth building. We must be willing to exercise judgment over what constitutes the good life—over what our telos is—and to work to channel innovation in that direction and restrain it where it is destructive. The modern conservative project failed because it didn’t take into account the […]