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Thomas: ‘Progressivism a dying ideology’?

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Man holds a loudspeaker in hand. Marketing and advertising. Democracy and elections. Stock vector illustration in flat graphics style. megaphone tile politics tile / Getty Images Man holds a loudspeaker in hand. Marketing and advertising. Democracy and elections. Stock vector illustration in flat graphics style. megaphone tile politics tile / Getty Images

In an era of political correctness, virtue signaling and woke-ness, wisdom is in such short supply that when discovered it stands out like a beacon in a storm.

Wisdom should not be equated with information, of which we have plenty, though information is less informative than it is directive toward outcomes preferred by its providers. Scripture is full of wisdom but as church attendance declines and denominations across the theological spectrum lose members, while gaining fewer new ones, that font of ancient wisdom is not a primary source for many Americans.

What is wisdom? Dictionary.com includes among its definitions: “knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action …”

What defines true and right in 2021 when just about everything that was considered true and right for millennia is now considered outdated by the cultural bandits? How are their replacements working out?

One small publication has not relinquished wisdom or objective truth to the mob. It is called “Modern Age,” published by The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a self-identified “conservative review,” but don’t put them in a pigeonhole in case that label doesn’t define you.