Editorials
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EYE ON AMERICA
Every violent death is, in principle, avoidable. That simple truth ought to steady us whenever tragedy intrudes upon the public square. Death always leaves behind a circle of grief, for family, friends, and those bound by love or duty, and it is fitting, even obligatory, to express condolences for the loss of life and for the sorrow of those who mourn.Continue Reading
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EYE ON AMERICA
Once again, the United States commits itself to sustaining a proxy war in Ukraine, pouring arms, intelligence, and cash into a conflict with no clear end and no serious public accounting of what “victory” even means. Once again, it offers unconditional backing to Israel as civilian casualties mount to levels that would provoke outrage—sanctions, even—if inflicted by any officially disfavored state. Continue Reading
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EYE ON AMERICA
The Vanishing Art of Self-Respect Imagine living in a country where one feels compelled to wear their jammies and slippers in public. That, apparently, is where America now finds itself—so much so that the U.S. Transportation Secretary has publicly pleaded with travelers to stop shuffling into airports dressed for naptime.Continue Reading
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EYE ON AMERICA
America has always been a generous nation, and rightly so. A wealthy republic with a vast economy ought to have a social safety net that protects its vulnerable. But generosity without vigilance is an open invitation to abuse—and nowhere is this more painfully obvious than in the unfolding welfare-fraud scandals in Minnesota.Continue Reading
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EYE ON AMERICA
You don’t need to spend long studying geopolitics to see what’s happening. Countries all over the world — left, right, monarchies, coalitions, technocracies, and everything in between — enforce their borders. Quietly. Consistently. Without apology. They do it not because they are cruel, but because it is the bare minimum required for sovereignty.Continue Reading
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EYE ON AMERICA
Eye on America – Our weekly column featuring a view into our neighbor across the pond. Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
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Herringbone Dispute Must Be Resolved
The Herringbone dispute has been treated as if it were a quarrel between empires, when in truth it is a question of a light on a rock and the man who tends it. Mr. Elias Rudge keeps a lantern burning through winter gales; he asks neither flags nor footmen, only a modest assurance that his work will be recognized and his supply runs maintained.Continue Reading
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Iron Row Arson
Iron Row’s ruins smell of more than smoke; they smell of lost livelihood and missed opportunity. The fires reduced forges to bones, but they did not burn the skill or the pride of our smiths and joiners. Councils may talk of “redevelopment” with numbers and plans, but a town is not merely a ledger—it is an apprenticeship, a line of trade handed from palm to palm.Continue Reading
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Uproar at Byzantara
The uproar at Byzantara over a few foolish souvenir matches should teach us a modest lesson in prudence and preparation. Pilgrims travel with hearts full of devotion and pockets full of curios; sometimes they bring ignorance with their good intentionsContinue Reading
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The Menace of the High Wheel
Just last Fourthday, I was nearly upended outside the apothecary by a fellow shouting “Look out below!” as he teetered past like an unbalanced weathervane. A pie cart was overturned. A child screamed. A goose took flight.Continue Reading
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A Candidate With Both Feet on the Ground
From Mr. Rowan Bellamy, Goose Hollow To the Esteemed People of Flagon Row, Tuppence Lane, and all lanes besides,Allow me to announce my candidacy for the position of Village Manager for the coming season. I make no promises of glory, fanfare, or ornamental fountains—but I do make one ironclad vow:Continue Reading
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The Library Is Not a Bank Vault!
Submitted anonymously, via parchment slipped beneath the newsroom door Sir,It is long past time we open our eyes to the scandal quietly rotting at the heart of our most cherished institution: the so-called “non-profit” vendor running our Royal Library. For decades, it has received a steady torrent of public coin—gleanedContinue Reading