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Cultural Revolution is afoot, at least for those who don’t seem to care for the order of a constitutional republic where the rule of law, not the rule of man, is elevated over the passions of the day. The response to Read more…
Cultural Revolution is afoot, at least for those who don’t seem to care for the order of a constitutional republic where the rule of law, not the rule of man, is elevated over the passions of the day. The response to Read more…
July is nearly upon us and with it the hot weather that comes with a typical summer. Following their revolution in 1789, the French renamed the month of July “Thermidor’, derived from the from Greek thermon or “summer heat”. Their 1793 revolutionary calendar was Read more…
It’s impossible these days to escape the turmoil we see in American politics. The frontage encompasses everything from race to the environment. Nothing is untouched. All is politicized. Much of what besets the nation is rooted in a continuation of the “Culture Wars.” This is Read more…
When I awoke this morning, like many of you, I found myself genuinely concerned about what is going on in America. The violence, looting, the wanton destruction of life and property are both shocking and unacceptable. Most people are angry with the Read more…
I recall well my first moments at the Virginia Military Institute. On a blistering August day in 1969, I matriculated as a “Rat”—a freshman in any other college—to begin four years of arduous study and military regime. Cadre Sergeants—those who instructed us Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, Certain to cause the eyes to roll backwards into some heads is a discussion about the need for virtue to sustain freedom. “I got it,” some might say while politely disengaging. “Of course!” others will assert as they return Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, It was remarkable. The Roman Empire was knit together by a road network of 250,000 miles that not only ensured effective and swift communications, but unified the nation. That road system actually facilitated the spread of Christianity from 100 Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, I address you as warriors, because when it comes to maintaining freedom, we are all warriors. Freedom isn’t free, as the popular saying goes, and to be worthy of it, we have to contend for it. Either we’re warriors Read more…
Welcome to the inaugural notification of my new website—Copy Book Warrior—and my weekly update. Many of you recall my weekly updates—The Lingamfelter Report—that I sent to you when I was a member of the Virginia legislature. A number of you Read more…