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Patrice Lewis is a freelance writer whose latest book is "The Simplicity Primer: 365 Ideas for Making Life more Livable." She is co-founder (with her husband) of a home woodcraft business. The Lewises live on 20 acres in north Idaho with their two homeschooled children, assorted livestock, and a shop that overflows into the house with depressing regularity. Visit her blog at www.rural-revolution.com.
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How feminism creates deficient mothers

by Patrice Lewis -- I have two treasured dolls from my childhood. These aren't collector's items meant to sit on a shelf and look pretty. Instead, they're battered and worn from many more…

Hey, Whiniest Generation, read this!

by Patrice Lewis -- I read an article the other day which nearly knocked me flat with admiration. In an era when I often despair over the whining of the younger generation, more…

Another loathsome progressive proposal

by Patrice Lewis -- This week, columnist Lowell Ponte brought to my attention an opinion piece in the liberal ezine Slate that was so heinous and callous, it sank to a new more…

China's social credit system -- coming to America?

by Patrice Lewis -- The world has been watching China's social credit system with grim fascination, a real-life compulsory Orwellian horror in which citizens' lives are determined by their social score. Daily more…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Let them eat yuca

by Patrice Lewis -- Doubtless you're familiar with the famous phrase, "Let them eat cake." According to Britanica.com, the legendary quote is "attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French more…

8% of America is pushing us to civil war

by Patrice Lewis -- In October 2018, an interesting summary piece appeared in the Federalist, written by its executive editor, Joy Pullmann, entitled "80 percent of Americans think political correctness is a more…

Happy Women's Empowerment Day!

by Patrice Lewis -- Mother's Day: The most sentimental and mushy day of the year, the day when mothers –whether they deserve it or not – are smothered in a suffocating layer more…

When sex ed goes way too far

by Patrice Lewis -- I have a dim memory from about 1970 when I brought home a permission slip for my mother to sign. Our school class was entering a unit study more…

Rendering unto Caesar, darn it

by Patrice Lewis -- Last week was a grueling week. I spent much of it huddling over our kitchen table, preparing taxes. When you're self-employed as we are, taxes are a complicated more…