By Olga Sibert As Greece and other traditionally Orthodox countries impose travel bans, restrictions and closures ahead of Pascha for a second year in a row, many eyes are looking toward the American South. While most churches around the world closed their doors on Holy Pascha of 2020 some brave priests in Dixieland, known for its rugged …
Today I talk with Jennifer Grinwis of Nan’s School of Dance, which was started by Grinwis’ mother Nan in 1975. Jen became director in 2002, and she and her husband Jon have owned the company since 2008. The dance studio has two North Carolina locations: Greensboro and Yadkinville. It’s a family business with deep roots, …
Okay, y’all. I’m going on the offensive. Instead of being on pins and needles while out and about mask-less, worrying whether people are going to go full-bore psychotic on me or not, or averting my eyes as to avoid the hateful glares peering from atop people’s muzzles, I’ve decided to take matters into my own …
This meme may be the truest thing I’ve seen lately, not because I think it’s patriotic or moral to shut down the economy and society forever. I am certainly no Ezekiel Emmanuel or Bill Gates devotee. Rather, it’s because I think THIS is precisely the mindset the reopen movement, thin-libertarians, populists, secessionists, and small-business entrepreneurs …
When I attended the Abbeville Institute’s Secession Conference in Dallas back in November 2018, most people I know in “normal” life thought, “Sure, she’s a nice gal and all, but man, does she have some wacky ideas!” Well, I don’t think anyone’s rolling their eyes anymore. In liberty parlance, secession simply means the humane act …
wE liVe In A pOlIcE sTaTe! That’s a common refrain being voiced on social media these social-distancing days. While it’s true and has been for a long time (from the dawn of the new Millennium to at least 150 years ago, depending on your worldview), what are we “pandemic people” to do about it? Are …
The year is 2023. North Carolina is the 11th state to officially separate ties with the federal government of the United States of America. President Elizabeth Warren’s response to this perceived insurrection is similar to her previous 10 reactions: meaningless threats of economic sanctions and withholding of federal money from empty federal coffers. Turns out …
“With ignorance virtually institutionalized, how can we get man to see? Bewildered by his curious alienation from reality, he is unable to prescribe for himself, for he imagines that what he needs is more of the disease.”— Richard Weaver The coronavirus is getting people to see that Americanism is incompatible with reality. The nation-state suffers …
We are officially living in clown world. Exhibit A: According to Right Wing Watch and other proponents of progressive hegemony, calling our nihilistic society “clown world” is now deemed “racist.” You know, just like milk. And the “okay sign,” say the paragons of anti-whiteness and anti-logic, the SPLC and the ADL. Exhibit B: The existence …
“Often when there is dissent expressed in the United States against policies of the Israeli government, people here are called anti-Semitic. What is your response to that as an Israeli Jew?” Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman asked Shulamit Aloni in 2002. “Well, it’s a trick, we always use it,” Aloni replied. “When from Europe somebody is criticizing …