Frank Kaufmann

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First published on The Stream May 26, 2025. by Frank PerleyIn this era of immediacy, the pace of social change that once trickled now explodes in a torrent that devastates current cultural norms. The George Floyd riots exemplified this jarring phenomenon. At the five-year milestone of his death, the violent animus over race triggered by the tragic event and fostered by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is beginning to subside.

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In the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election, Morris P. Fiorina of the Hoover Institute, published his book, Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, in which he contended that the idea of America being a “deeply divided” nation was a specious claim.

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by Frank Perley“No new wars” has been an oft-repeated slogan of President Donald Trump’s during his first term and the opening days of his return to the White House. Renouncing wars of aggression is a simple matter of choice. Were the U.S. to become the victim of aggression, though, the commander in chief might have no choice but to lead the nation into a defensive war.

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Trump’s far-flung overtures hold the promise of global accordby Frank Perley“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God,” quoth Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. The chaotic world of the 21st century has an urgent need for promoters of peace and, fortunately, one has emerged. Despite a career engaged in verbal fisticuffs in both the business and political arenas — not to mention answering an assassin’s bullets with shouts of “fight, fight, fight!” — Donald J.

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The biblical passage (John 8:32) about truth’s liberating power has gained new relevance amid Western culture wars. In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” the word of the year. Postmodernists argue there are no objective truths, only interpretations, a view rooted in Nietzsche and Sartre. Sartre, influenced by Marxism, claimed no one can be judged except by their own moral choices, legitimizing personal morality.