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Conservatism, properly understood, has long championed the essential role played by the mediating institutions of civil society — Edmund Burke’s “little platoons” — the churches, the schools, the men’s and women’s clubs, soup kitchens, scout troops, youth sports leagues, and neighborhood associations. It is here that we learn how to interact with each other. It is here that a healthy dependence of mutual obligation is formed. It is here — enmeshed in a layered, vibrant web of social interactions and commitments — that manners are learned, habits of virtue are cultivated, tradition is discovered and appreciated, and young people are taught who they are and how to live. Many on the right correctly emphasize individual liberty, but they do not emphasize what conservatism knows to be true: It is in community that people learn how to be free.
— Michael R. Strain
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Today is Thursday, September 21st, the 264th day of 2023. There are 101 days left in the year. It is Miniature Golf Day, Escapology Day, National Farm Safety Day for Kids, National Pecan Cookie Day, and World Gratitude Day.
On This Day
In 1170, the Kingdom of Dublin fell to Norman invaders.
In 1776, part of New York City was burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
In 1780, Benedict Arnold gave the British the plans to West Point.
In 1792, France’s National Convention abolished the monarchy.
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