Madison Grayson

Not everyone in America was a fan of immigrants from Europe coming to invade the lifestyle and culture of their newly-formed confederation of states.

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So here they are… my entirely non-controversial yet simultaneously authoritative selections on my Top 10 favorite films.

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I don’t share the same pessimism that either Nichols or Furedi share. At some point, people will get tired of being surrounded by stupid and the idiocracy will subside.

The existential question of identity rises to the top of the debate – a debate that is intensified by subjective individuals attempting to persuade the objectivity of their own perspective.

Representative government only works when the citizens themselves are actively engaged in the process of governance.

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50 years ago, my grandfather penned this for the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star describing what his Catholic faith meant to him. For myself, it resonates today.

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In an era where social media has eroded the prominence and potency of the mainstream media, the turtling of information has created a vacuum in the public square — a vacuum that is being filled by curators and purveyors of “fake news”.

Ought to be mandatory viewing; a booster shot against memes.

For this that all that blood was shed, For this Edward Fitzgerald died, And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,

All that delirium of the brave?

  • I think the biggest issue is simple – these polls only include folks who answer them. I think most Stewart supporters, as with most Trump supporters, aren’t going to tell a random stranger how they’re voting.

    • John Massoud

      I’ll agree with you. I was knocking on doors for Team Gillespie in Shenandoah County, and got an awful lot of refusals – more than usual. Kinda led me to know something wasn’t right, although everyone else said they were supporting Ed.

    • BrianKirwin

      Except it’s not just Virginia. Polls in Georgia showed a Democrat win for weeks.