Back in April, US Defense Secretary Pete “Signal” Hegseth ordered 381 books removed from the US Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library. These included works read by young people—Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give—and scholarship on books for young people, such as Robin Bernstein’s Racial Innocence and my Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature and the Need for Diverse Books.| Philip Nel
Before we get into it…with the upcoming release of Wisdom Takes Work—the fourth and final book in my Stoic Virtues series—we’re doing a collector’s set of all four books. There’s a limited run of these, so pre-order them here today. I’m also giving a talk in San Diego in February about applying the Stoic virtues to modern life and modern problems. Grab seats and come see me! On the night of April 4, 1968, Robert Kennedy, then running for president, was about to give a speech ...| RyanHoliday.net
Before the memorial service started, two hours of songs from the biggest worship artists today served to frame everything that followed as part of a church service — sending the message that Kirk’s politics were from God.| Word&Way
Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. Regardless of why Kirk…| Three Way Fight
Since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media users have shared posts showing, quoting or paraphrasing remarks the posts attribute to the conservative activist. Many readers have asked us to provide the facts on whether Kirk, the founder of the youth political group Turning Point USA, made several of these comments.| FactCheck.org
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presages a new, deadly stage in the disintegration of a fractious and highly polarized United States. While toxic rhetoric and threats are lobbed across cultural divides like hand grenades, sometimes spilling over in| Progreso Weekly
Chris Hedges: Los movimientos mesiánicos utilizan a los mártires para santificar la violencia. Mostrar misericordia o comprensión hacia el enemigo es traicionar al mártir y a la causa por la que mu…| Voces del Mundo
Former President Donald Trump is making a campaign stop today in Georgia — a swing state he narrowly lost in 2020 thanks to high Black voter turnout for Democrats. But in 2024, Trump aims to peel off Black voters in his third bid for the White House. One columnist is crying foul on what she views as...| Alternet.org
