Space Balloons, the Fight for Life, & Architectural Revival
We hope everyone’s week is starting easy and without any big challenges, much like a Chinese surveillance balloon’s path into American airspace.
All jokes aside, the federal government’s response to the latest act of aggression from the Chinese Communist Party certainly didn’t inspire confidence in the American military’s ability to combat our adversaries across the Pacific. However, the incident sparked another public dialogue, not only on Twitter but also on television and in newspapers about our exceedingly adversarial relationship with China and how to protect our national security interests from our largest trading partner. We can only hope that this incident leads policymakers to take China's threat more seriously.
From our own pages:
The first post-Roe March for Life was held late last month in Washington. Multiple Lone Conservative contributors marched. The March took on a special meaning this year since the pro-life movement has accomplished its flagship goal of overturning Roe v. Wade. Nevertheless, the fight for life continues at the state level.
Caleb Seavey wrote about his experience at the March and his new vision for the movement: “It should … create a culture in which all the abortion mills have already closed their doors as no one would ever want or feel they need to step into one of them in the first place.”
Tess Overholser wrote about her hope for the future success of pro-life policy: “The overturning of Roe v. Wade was only a dream a few years ago; now, it is reality. The Dobbs ruling provides a foundation to continue to promote life-saving measures and encourages lawmakers to pass legislation that further supports families”
Finally, the ridiculed appearance of the Martin Luther King statue in Boston inspired our editor, William Benson, to write a piece about the need for a classical architecture revival in the United States. We’ll leave you with an excerpt of his piece:
We must believe, and without a doubt, we will rebuild. It will take time and it will certainly happen slowly – our civilization was not built overnight. However, we should take the time that we have been given to ensure that what we build is not only beautiful but done with purpose, all the way from the local to national level. The question should be: What is the reason we are building? Is it simply a means to an end, or are we expressing our faith as a civilization? When one hears the song “America the Beautiful,” they may think only of our beautiful landscape, but in a certain way, as that too disappears, we might take it as a sign of providence to ensure our whole nation is beautiful once again.
Read William’s whole piece here