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In early March of 2022, about one week into the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, I published an article titled "Human Shields and Swords in Ukraine and America." The main thrust of the piece was a comparison of Ukraine's use of human shields (and swords) in the first days of the Russian SMO with…

In my last column, "Why the Palestinians refuse to civilize," I put the Israel/Hamas conflict in its proper perspective as the inevitable fruit of cultural Marxism's division of all humanity into oppressors and the oppressed, with the Palestinians achieving the collective status of "most oppressed" after decades of painful and careful cultivation of that image…

Letters to the Editor for Nov. 14

I grew up in southwestern Alaska, mainly in Akiachak, a village of approximately 600 on the Kuskokwim River. The largest town I lived in was Bethel from 1981-83, which had

The 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is clear – forced adherence to any religious edict is not allowed, but no sane human being expects either religious

Article: Mike Pence, The 10 Commandments, and the Republican Party - Mike Pence tells us that he wants to return the U.S. to God and the Constitution. Well, Mike, God is word that does not appear in the Constitution, and the word religion appears only in provisions prohibiting its use in affairs of state. Nevertheless, this column takes a look at what that would look like, using The Ten Commandments to represent religion. In those terms, religion doesnt come across too well.

Note: This column is part of Scott Lively's series "30 Days of Pride-Month Push-Back." "Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands" (Proverbs 14:1). Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963, was one of the most toxic women ever empowered by Marxist radicalism. She…

For about a decade I have been a part of the growing chorus of voices warning about "transhumanism" – a phenomenon that in worldly terms is defined by the technological advancement of the interrelated, mutually force-multiplying sciences of genetic engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence. In spiritual terms, it represents the prophesied last-days rebellion of mankind…

Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. Over 20 years ago a friend returned from London with a gift, a signed copy of the British edition of Edward Said’s memoir, “Out of...

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