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CATEGORY: CULTURE (25 MIN)
Crisis in coal country
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American cities have faced a wide array of serious cultural issues for the past decades, but the countryside has suffered as well. Appalachia, the land of coal miners and tree-covered mountains, battles the ongoing drug crisis which has taken the lives of so many rural Americans.
Although it might be easy to chalk the crisis up to evil and heartless drug companies
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, the real reason for the opiate epidemic may be more complicated. Sally Satel, writing in National Affairs, tells the story of Appalachia’s addiction through her personal conversations with those affected.
Satel starts her tale with the early 20th-century coal miners who faced horrendous and dangerous working conditions. They sought relief from doctors who prescribed drugs to help their pain and suffering. Their wives, too, needed pills to manage widespread disease. Later on, Satel notes the failed welfare solutions of the Great Society. Together, these factors created an environment ripe for abuse and addiction.
Thus, when Purdue Pharma
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introduced OxyContin to the market, it met a welcoming group of doctors and patients. Suddenly, crime and overdoses drastically increased. And now, Satel reminds us, fentanyl threatens the same community.
Read Satel’s narrative to hear her full story of forgotten America.
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Weekly Poll
RESULTS: 5/25/23
Last week, we asked: In your opinion, does the National Conservatism movement unite conservatives effectively against the left, or is it fueling division? 41.3% of respondents believe National conservatism is dividing conservatives and 19.6% believe National Conservatism is uniting Conservatives.
In your opinion, do American corporations have a duty to American citizens, or was Milton Friedman right when he said a corporation's only responsibility is to make as much money as possible?
[A] Yes, Corporations have a duty to US citizens
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[B] No, Milton Friedman is right
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[C] Unsure
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CATEGORY: CONSERVATISM (13 MIN)
Country, not collective
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Last week, we discussed the National Conservatism UK Conference, which saw many Britons discuss the best ways to reclaim their country from leftist forces. One of the most pressing specters that haunts the UK
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is globalism, and more specifically, the continued pressure of continental homogeny in the form of the European Union.
ISI board member and president of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, targeted this issue in his speech at the conference, reprinted in The American Mind. Roberts tells his audience about the origin of the globalist movement: the very prosperity that resulted from successful past nationalism.
In critiquing progressive globalism, Roberts relies on the work of Edmund Burke
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, drawing particularly on Burke’s criticism of those that would destroy national identity and culture. Roberts attacks the elites’ destruction of the family, of religion, of true education, and of freedom during the pandemic.
Roberts ends with a call for the Conservative Party to find a way to use its power to preserve the national character of the UK and defeat this progressive influence. Their best asset, according to Roberts? The family—Burke’s “little platoon.”
Discover Roberts’ full speech right here.
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ISI’s Annual Homecoming Weekend
June 2nd - 3rd, 2023
Hosted on ISI’s beautiful 20-acre campus in Wilmington, Delaware, this year’s Homecoming theme is “The Next Great American.” Through engaging presentations, we will explore the statesmen, titans of industry, and artists that have shaped our nation throughout its history. Special discounted rate of only $50 for ISI students and alumni under age 30! RSVP before tickets are gone here
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Join us in Wilmington, DE >>>
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
Any Person, Too many Studies
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via The Cornell Review
“The liberal arts are on life support. The quest to STEM-ify all higher education (especially but not exclusively) at Cornell is apparent in every action the administration takes.”
Why NC Needs Age Verification for Adult Websites
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via The Free Pack
“It was also made clear that pornography usage leads to difficulty in maintaining and forming intimate relationships all while promoting harmful sexual behaviors.”
CATEGORY: GOVERNMENT (23 MIN)
The few, the progress
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The irony of the leftist brain trust for the past few decades should not be lost on anyone. It consists of a small, elite, wealthy group of individuals (in America and in the UK) who claim they stand for the poor and the general populace. They are, essentially, an oligarchy.
For this week’s Intercollegiate Review archive, Glenn Ellmers takes aim at this oligarchy. He believes that the leftist elite has dampened the joy of entrepreneurship and glorified mere entertainment in its place. They have replaced the Constitution with the “graven image of Progress.”
Ellmers then uses the works of philosophers such as Aristotle to develop measured but strong responses to the threat of the rule of a progressive few. He does not think the country is so far gone that these oligarchs cannot be stopped.
“The brainwashing by the hard left is exasperatingly resilient. Yet to suggest that it is permanent or irrevocable would seem to deny human nature,” Ellmers writes.
Ellmers calls us to a vigorous defense of the values our Founding Fathers fought for. Read his in-depth essay right here.
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Thought of the Day:
“Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.”
- Edmund Burke
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