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Glen Urquhart's avatar

John, Very good article! In my Reagan Admin days and later running for Congress, I studied some of what our Founders read. One statement attributed to Caesar addressing the Senate as "men of Rome," has him adding, "but how can I call you men, for you do not build families as men do." That's a historical perspectives to the dilemma you articulate as Rome did continue to grow. Do you see family failure as long term, maybe permeant anent America, or an aberration soon righted by God and nature? America's movement into Socialism seems to abet our decline as it disincentivizes ambition and family formation. Thoughts?

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RE standards of beauty: Yes. I've heard women express frustration and disappointment that they are not as pretty as the girls on the magazine covers. But bear in mind, those girls don't really look like that either. Before they took that picture, she had a team of people fixing her hair and applying makeup. Then they set up the surroundings and the lighting just right, and she posed carefully to give the best possible view. They took a hundred pictures and picket out the one where she looked the best. And then they photoshopped it.

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