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The world has been gripped for some time now by the farmer protests in the Netherlands as the latest icon of anti-globalist activity, supplanting the Canadian truckers, who themselves supplanted the French Yellow Vests, who in turn had spiritually supplanted Occupy Wall Street from many years before. (more…)
Jan Žižka leading his troops, from the Jena Codex, 1490-1510.
Jan Žižka leading his troops, from the Jena Codex, 1490-1510.
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I have always wanted to visit and explore Prague’s medieval sites and classic breweries, but with ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, it seems that travel is becoming another freedom that we are slowly losing. Nevertheless, there have been many Czech dissidents in history that risked everything to stand up for what they believed in. Their perseverance reminds me that our journeys in life are just as important as the destinations we are trying to reach. (more…)
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One of the lessons of 2020 is that the near future is every bit as unpredictable as the past, perhaps more so. Six months ago, no one would have predicted a replay of the disastrous Black Lives Matter stuff from the Left. Similarly, few would have predicted that the Democrat Party would have installed a dementia patient as their candidate (more…)