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Polluted by Politics: The Real Climate Crisis in America

An old battle cry of the Left from 50 years ago, ‘The personal is political,’ is now the norm and poisons the societal climate in which we live.
Polluted by Politics: The Real Climate Crisis in America
Bust of Marcus Aurelius, a prominent figure in Stoic philosophy known for his work "Meditations," A.D.161–180. Bob3321/CC BY-SA 4.0
Jeff Minick
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Ryan Holiday, author and creator of the website “The Daily Stoic,” has spent several years writing a four-book series on the classical virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. The volume on temperance and self-control, “Discipline Is Destiny” was a favorite of mine, offering such an abundance of helpful advice that I gave copies to my four adult children.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.