Note: From our former editor, Michael Jay Tucker I am increasingly concerned by the people who are protesting the quarantine. They are, well, troubling…not because I disagree with their position (which I do) but because of the fury with which they state it. Twice now, anti-quarantine protesters have entered their states’ capitols with their guns…

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Wait. They banned the Great Gatsby? Whoa. Keep these people away from the bleach. Thanks to our friend Robert Folkner for pointing out this story. Alaska school board removes ‘The Great Gatsby,’ other famous books from curriculum for ‘controversial’ content Bookstores are fielding requests for works removed from Mat-Su Borough School District classrooms.

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If you’re a Trump supporter, please read on. All Executive Order links in this post will bring you to Federal, official documents that are public record on our own Federal *.gov websites and are for anyone to consume. These are facts that cannot be disputed unless you are denying reality or the validity of the…

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“We must not be enemies,” counselled Abraham Lincoln on the treatment of his political adversaries and, more importantly in his mind, fellow countrymen. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” Lincoln’s point is eloquently made and absolutely correct – it is important to try our best to see eye-to-eye…

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LR Net’s home office is (at the moment) in New Mexico. That means we tend to pay lots of attention to border-related stories. One of those that has been in the news lately is that of the ultra-right wing militia group that was patrolling the border and holding “illegal” immigrants (some of whom weren’t illegal…

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For the past two days, I’ve been writing about the Left and how it needs to, somehow, woo the Deplorables away from Trump. But is that really possible? I am now looking at some photos of Trump supporters at one of his rallies. They scream. They yell. They gesture obscenely. Their faces are twisted up…

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Yesterday, I wrote about how Progressives might need to somehow appeal to at least some of the voters who currently support Trump. I need to add something to that. Specifically, I am now struck by the fact that the Progressive Left has done many things well, but explaining its advantages to the Deplorables who support…

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