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Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness by J. Douglas Johnson
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The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism
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Historical Truth, Beguiling Stories & Three Kinds of Hearers by Anthony Esolen
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Contours of Culture
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Down But Not Out
Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream by Timothy S. Goeglein
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38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Divinely Detailed
All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart
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Butler’s Lies
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