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Yes, it’s true—the print edition of ALIVE is finally back. Still, I cannot deny that the past two years were difficult. Indeed, to say they were “difficult” may be a gross understatement, as far too many jobs, businesses, and lives were lost. COVID ...

America, once a nation of laws, is fast becoming a lawless country. Consider recent headlines. Darrell Brooks Jr., who should have been in jail, plowed his speeding SUV into a Christmas parade, killing six and injuring 61 celebrants, including grandmothers...

Today in America, the drug epidemic stands as the deadliest it has ever been, nearly doubling in the past five years. The emergence of the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is now driving one of America’s greatest unfolding tragedies.
We should have seen it coming. As reported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, in the mid-to-late 1990s, medical prescriptions for opioids started to increase sharply in this country. Soon, nonmedical opioid use also started its climb...

It’s been a long time since we’ve rid ourselves of the idea of demonic possession. Centuries of innovation have delivered us from an undertow of superstition and placed a universe of knowledge in the palms of our hands.
Still, another demon crouches in the depths of the modern psyche. This modern devil spoils the mind with what Carl Jung called “ideological possession.” Ideological possession is when someone becomes more attached to an idea than they are to the real...