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In recent years, college campuses have become increasingly radical, illiberal, and intolerant of dissenting opinions. Students, too scared to voice their true thoughts and feelings, often conform. They fear they will face ridicule or, worse, total exclusion via cancel culture. But a few brave students are fighting against the tide, including these five, who all come from different backgrounds but are united in their desire for a true liberal arts education, where all ideas are shared and respected. They told The Post why they refuse to be silenced.

ABIGAIL ANTHONY

College: Princeton University

Age: 21

Major: Politics

Year : Junior

Hometown: Moved frequently

Growing up, my family moved about every other year for my dads job asa legal consultant inthe pharmaceutical industry, and we lived in mainly bluestates,like Michigan, California, and New Jersey. I was relatively apolitical before attending college because my ballet training at the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia was from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, so I never had the time to engage in politics.

When I entered university, however, I was genuinely shocked by the pervasiveness of wokeness on campus. Our freshman orientation mandated attendance at what were essentially indoctrination sessions. The SaferSexpo, for example, gave out condoms and sex toys to students and informed us where we could obtain abortion pills.

I felt uncomfortable discussing intimacy and sex with other freshmen I had just met, and, as a Catholic, I was disappointed that a more conservative approach to sexuality was fully ignored. But, as a brand-new arrival on campus, I chose not to say anything.

Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, virtually all student organizations adopted an anti-racist mission with an emphasis on inclusivity.Im a member of the recreational ballet club, and the elected officers sent an email, stating that our perceptions of ballet have been shaped by white supremacist standards.Though I found the statement objectionable, I didnt say anything publicly at the time and remained a member.

As a Catholic, I was disappointed that a more conservative approach to sexuality was fully ignored. But, as a brand-new arrival on campus, I chose not to say anything.

But many of these experiences eventually led me to be outspoken on campus. I am now President of our Federalist Society Chapter. I work on The Princeton Tory, our conservative publication. Ive also co-authored statements for the PrincetonOpen Campus Coalition, including one defending academic freedom.

Ive received messages from peers saying that they agreed with my comments in class about my pro-life stance, but they felt uncomfortable vocalizing their support.I know students who refrain from sharing their personal beliefs because they fear the social, academic and professional consequences.

Unfortunately, these concerns are valid. Ive seen friends lose club leadership positions, like a friend of mine who lost her post as captain of a campus sports team for expressing support for the police. Others havelost summer internship positions for signing an open letter defending academic freedom.

Its difficult to believe Im a political outsider, because Im inclined to think that my ideological stances are moderate. A majority of my views were completely anodyne only five years ago. I struggle to understand how opposition to modern gender ideology or support for free speech is partisan or controversial, but I will not abandon reason and self-evident truths to satisfy my peers feelings.

CHRISTOPHER WELLS

College: University of British Columbia

Age: 21

Year: Junior

Major: Classical Studies

Hometown: Arlington, Virginia

Growing up in the Beltway, from as early as I can recall progressive politics had a strong influence on my life. In high school, I was the president of Young Democrats and volunteered for a variety of progressive candidates. By the time I arrived at UBC, I was skeptical of social justice ideology but still thought of myself as a progressive. I saw identity politics as a distraction from class issues, and ultimately a threat to the one value I thought all Americans held paramount: free speech.

When I got to campus, however, I found the core tenets of social justice are taken as objective truths, not viewpoints that should be vigorously debated. I quickly learned not to write papers going against the established narrative for fear of being marked down. As a classics major, for example, Id love to frame Western tradition in a positive light, though most of my professors prefer to bash it. The mostpressing issues of our time from gender ideology and COVID restrictions to the geopolitical threat of China cant even be askedwithout walking on eggshells. In my freshman year in 2019, a philosophy professoreven once apologized for using gendered language while reading a quote from Plato.

A prominent campus activist took to social media to accuse me of being racist and even went as far as to threaten the reputations of those who lived and associated themselves with me.

In an art class my freshman year, we were told to make a politically provocative sign. My sign featured Justin Trudeau putting his hand over Jordan Petersons mouth with the heading Free Speech is Un-Canadian. My TA promptly interrupted my presentation to tell the class about how I was platforming bigotry and transphobia. I failed the assignment.

During the George Floyd protests in 2020, I responded to the unrest on Instagram with what I saw as a unifying message, The greatest revolutionary act you can commit right now is the refusal to hate your fellow Americans. I was already known for being outspoken on campus, but even so, I was shocked by the reaction to the post. A prominent campus activist took to socialmedia to accuse me of being racist and even went as far as to threaten the reputations of those who lived and associated themselves with me.

Although I stand up for my principles, I now tend to be far less provocative when doing so. Encouragingly, Ive been able tocross the political divide with some open-minded people, but I still feel a large shift in my interactions when people are aware of my beliefs, even though I identify as a political independent. Theres no room for forgiveness whatsoever. Thats the most pernicious element of the ideology.

ARYAAN MISRA

College: Alma College

Age: 21

Year: Junior

Major: Philosophy

Hometown: Delhi, India

I had a very normal middle-class childhood in India. I was raised in a right-wing Hindu family and was staunchly religious with very conservative beliefs. But in high school I reconsidered the values I was raised with. I became agnostic, realizing I was way too closed-minded with different people, and began to recognize my own prejudices.

Within Indias cultural context I was seen as a liberal, so when I came to America for college it was instinctive for me to identify with liberals there, too. But, when I got to campus, I realized wokeness was vastly different from my classical liberal values. Progressives back home fight for women to have fundamental rights, while progressives on my campus hang pictures of Mao in their dorm room.

I remember being handed a 15 page list of words I can and cannot use during a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion orientation for a campus job as a biology teaching assistant.I couldnt say born male, I had to say sex assigned at birth male. Ladies and gentlemen should be replaced with folks, and opposite sexes should be changed to all genders.

In a mandatory orientation program, I was told that a professor complimenting an international students English would be racist. Incidentally, this happened to me in the past, and I took it as a compliment rather than an insult.

In another mandatory orientation program, I was told that a professor complimenting an international students English would be racist.Incidentally, this happened to me in the past, and I took it as a compliment rather than an insult. In moments like these, Ive seen just how much the woke worldview can trivialize actual bigotry. Back home, bigotry manifests in serious forms even physically, like rape culture. Seeing that be conflated with relatively benign inconveniences on college campuses is hard for me to swallow.

Another time, my professor taught the class how to find what triggers them. Growing up on the streets ofDelhi, there are triggers everywhere you look so-called microaggressions are nothing compared to animal carcasses on the streets and malnourished children begging at every red light. I dont know how my peers who treat every minor insult as a microaggression will survive outside the gates of their liberal campus.

Because Ive been outspoken on campus about my disagreements with the woke orthodoxy, Ive beencalled every name in the book on social media ironically, theyre too scared to say it to my face, though. I could play the victim card, but I refuse to. I take solace in the fact Im making a difference by speaking out, and Ive made invaluable connections with like-minded professors and students alike along the way.

CHRISTOPHER REYES

College: Allegheny College

Age: 20

Year: Junior

Major: Economics

Hometown: Norwalk, Connecticut

Im the son of immigrant parents and a first generation college student. My father immigrated from El Salvador and my mother from the Philippines. My parents were always hardworking and did right by me, so I believe in picking yourself up by your bootstraps and working for what you want in life, rather than depending on the government to solve your problems.

Some people ask me, Why are you a Republican? Arent you Hispanic? Yes, I am Hispanic, but that doesnt and shouldnt dictate my personal beliefs.

Ive faced some blowback for being the president of Alleghenys College Republicans chapter. When I participated in a debate my freshman year, for example, some people asked me, Why are you a Republican? Arent you Hispanic? Yes, I am Hispanic, but that doesnt and shouldnt dictate my personal beliefs. I dont believe that coming from a particular ethnic, social, or economic background means you have to conform to what the majority of that group believes politically. Students are supposed to grow as academics and young adults during their college years, but identity politics can cause them to keep a closed mind and keep to what their specific demographic has historically believed.Part of being an American is standing up for what you believe, not what other people tell you to.

JAHMARRI GREEN

College: Friends University

Age: 21

Year: Junior

Major: Psychology and political science

Hometown: Los Angeles

Im your stereotypical kid from LA. I surf, skate, and Im into fashion. I also happen to be the president and founder of my schools Young Americans for Freedom chapter.

Unfortunately, my YAF chapter has faced some challenges on campus. The administration denied us permission to host our 9/11 Never Forget and Freedom Week events. At the 9/11 event we had planned to put up flags representing lives lost on that tragic day, and at Freedom Week we sought to educate students about the perils of communism.

In a sociology class, I disagreed with the professor on the gender wage gap in a paper and provided my sources. When my paper was returned I saw Do not agree, wrong written in red pen.

Ive had professors mark down my grade for disagreeing with them politically. For example, in a sociology class, I expressed disagreement with the professor on the gender wage gap in a paper and provided my sources. When my paper was returned? I saw Do not agree, wrong written in red pen. Although I consistently got As in that class, I received a B on this paper. I was upset, but I realized arguing with the professor wouldnt get me anything but consistent grade markdowns.

Personally, I have gotten some heat for working with YAF. As a person of color, I am seen as a contrarian. Growing up, I was taught that the left cares about us minorities, while anyone who aligns with the right is racist. Some people on campus think this way and see my activism as a betrayal. Ive been called an Uncle Tom, but I dont let it bother me.

Free speech has been pushed to the wayside for political correctness and cancel culture in campuses across America. I started my YAF chapter so students have a place where they can be so comfortable expressing their ideas among their peers, theyre no longer afraid to express them outside of our meetings.

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I spent more than three hours on the phone this weekend trying to get through to the online security department of one of Canadas major banks. One of my accounts was shut down (because I had the effrontery to sign in from Alberta an event too unexpected for the banks security systems). I was placed on hold interminably, subjected all the while to the corporate worlds idea of music (to soothe me). I was then offered a call-back, which I duly received, 45 minutes later. Then I was placed on hold again, and again, and again. This all occurred after my patience had already been exhausted in the aftermath of trying to fly in Canada.

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Like so many Canadians, I have been unable to see many of the people I love and who are tolerant enough to return the sentiment for nearly two years. Lockdowns. Restrictions. Limits on personal and social gatherings. Precautions. Precautions. Precautions.

But everything had opened enough, in principle, so flights for such purposes were in principle once again possible. My wife and I therefore took the opportunity on the last day of 2021 to fly first to Comox, British Columbia, and then, several days later, to our joint hometown of Fairview, Alberta. However, the airline we had arranged our flights with cancelled/delayed all six flights we had scheduled. Furthermore, they had no staff available in one entire wing of Edmontons airport. This made rescheduling prohibitively difficult. We were delayed by one full day travelling to British Columbia, and then another day travelling to Alberta (and there were further delays on our way home to Toronto). This took quite a chunk out of an eight-day trip. All this from an airline that not so long ago was a model of efficiency.

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Like most people in Canada, and in the broader Western world, my wife and I are accustomed to systems that work. When we booked flights in the past, with rare exceptions, we arrived safely and on time. When we used our banking systems, online, we gained access to our accounts. When we had to phone security, because of a log-in problem, we were able to talk to someone who was able to help. And, because we were spoiled Westerners, we expected that such would always and consistently be the case. Why? Because, by and large, our systems worked. Miraculously well. The power (and the heat its forty below here in northern Alberta, and has been for three weeks) always worked. Planes took off and landed on time. Banks were open and effective and honest.

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But there are empty shelves in the grocery stores here in Fairview. The supply chain that provides our food just in time are severely stressed. While I was here, I spoke with a local restaurateur who operates the pizza place I worked in forty years ago. She is barely hanging on. This is true of most local businesses.

I was on the phone for three hours trying to sort out a minor banking issue, after being delayed for a full day while flying, after having been delayed in a similar way only four days before. And, because I am an entitled Westerner, accustomed to my privileges, I got whiny about it. I have a banker that takes care of my affairs, and I sent him and his associate a string of complaints about the service I was receiving. They wrote back, apologetically, and told me that theyre barely able to function with the COVID restrictions, the attendant staff shortages (also caused by illness) and their inability to attract new employees a problem besetting many industries at the moment.

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I am not accustomed to feeling particularly sympathetic for the travails of large, successful enterprises: banks, airlines, utilities and the like. I expect a certain standard of service, so that I can conduct my own affairs effectively, and am impatient when delays unnecessary in the normal course of things emerge. The letter from the bank stopped me and made me think, however. It wasnt just the bank. It was also the airline. It was the empty shelves in the grocery store in northern Alberta. It was the daughter of the man I once worked for as a cook, back when I was a teenager. It was the shopkeepers and small business-people I have spoken with on this trip.

We are pushing the complex systems upon which we depend and which are miraculously effective and efficient in their often thankless operation to their breaking point. Can you think of anything more unlikely than the fact that we can get instant trouble-free access to our money online, using systems that are virtually graft- and corruption-free? Just imagine how much work, trust and efficiency was and is necessary to make that a reality. Can you think of anything more unlikely than fast, reliable and inexpensive jet air travel, nationally and internationally, in absolute safety? Or the constant provision of almost every consumer good imaginable, in the midst of plentiful, varied and inexpensive food?

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These systems are now shaking. Were compromising them seriously with this unending and unpredictable stream of restrictions, lockdowns, regulations and curfews. Were also undermining our entire monetary system, with the provision of unending largesse from government coffers, to ease the stress of the COVID response. Were playing with fire. Weve demolished two Christmas seasons in a row. Life is short. These are rare occasions. Were stopping kids from attending school. Were sowing mistrust in our institutions in a seriously dangerous manner. Were frightening people to make them comply. Were producing bureaucratic institutions that hypothetically hold public health in the highest regard, but subordinating all our properly political institutions to that end, because we lack leadership, and rely on ultimately unreliable opinion polls to govern broadscale political policy. Ive never seen breakdown in institutional trust on this scale before in my lifetime.

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I was recently in Nashville, Tennessee. No lockdowns. No masks. No COVID regulations to speak of. People are going about their lives. Why can that be the case in Tennessee (and in other U.S. states, such as Florida) when there are curfews (curfews!) in Quebec, two years after the pandemic started, with a vaccination rate of nearly 80 per cent? When BC is still limiting social gatherings? When we are putting tremendous and unsustainable strain on all the complex systems that have served us so well, and made us so comfortable, in the midst of the troubles of our lives?

The cure has become worse than the disease.

I have spoken with senior advisors to provincial governments in Canada. There is no end game in sight. The idea that Canadian policy is or should be governed by the science is not only not true, its also not possible, as there is no simple pathway from the facts of science to the complexities of policy. We are deciding, by opinion poll, to live in fear, and to become increasingly authoritarian in response to that fear. Thats a danger, too, and its increasingly real. How long are we going to flail about, hiding behind our masks, afraid to send our children (who are in no danger more serious than risk of the flu) to school, charging university students full tuition for tenth-rate online education, pitting family member against family member over vaccine policy and, most seriously, compromising the great economic engine upon which our health also depends?

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Until we decide not to.

There are no risk-free paths forward. There is only one risk, or another. Pick your poison: thats the choice life often offers. I am weary of living under the increasingly authoritarian dictates of a polity hyper-concerned with one risk, and oblivious to all others. And things are shaking around us.

Enough, Canadians. Enough, Canadian politicos. Enough masks. Enough social gathering limitations. Enough restaurant closures. Enough undermining of social trust. Make the bloody vaccines available to those who want them. Quit using force to ensure compliance on the part of those who dont. Some of the latter might be crazy but, by and large, they are no crazier than the rest of us.

Set a date. Open the damn country back up, before we wreck something we cant fix.

Time for some courage.

Lets live again.

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Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life

January 14, 2021

Few psychologists have garnered more attention in the past five years than Jordan Peterson, whose YouTube channel has amassed 4.4 million subscribers and social media feeds have attracted millions more. Petersons online personality courses have enrolled more than 40,000 students and his books have sold millions of copies across the globe. Among them is 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which became a bestseller after being published in 2018 and has been translated into 45 languages.

In the new bookJordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life,Word on Fire FellowMatthew Petrusek, Ph.D., provides a systematic analysis, from a Christian perspective, of Petersons biblical series on YouTube and12 Rules for Life. The epilogue examens its sequel,Beyond Order.

Prof. Petrusek is an associate professor of theological ethics at Loyola Marymount University and co-authored the book with LMU philosophy professor Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D.

Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity was recently published by the Word on Fire Institute.

IACS spoke to Prof. Petrusek about the book.

Why did you write this book?

Working with Dr. Chris Kaczor, I wanted to speak to two audiences at the same time. First, to committed Christians, I wanted to highlight how Petersons work has been wildly successful in making the biblical understanding of reality, humanity and morality attractive to a secularized, post-Christian culture. To Petersons many non-Christian followers, I wanted to show how orthodox Catholicism completes and fixes the areas in Petersons thought that, in my view, need more philosophical and theological development and refinement.

How do Jordan Peterson and his work fit into the search for a meaningful life?

Petersons lectures and books address many different topics. However, one unifying theme in all of them is that life is not only meaningful but also that meaning is objective. It is not merely an individual or social construct. It is embedded in reality. That is boilerplate philosophical and theological material for Catholics, but Peterson has made it sound revolutionarily liberating to secular ears.

Peterson is a controversial and divisive figure. How has that controversy shaped the public perception of his works and thought?

I dont think Petersons work is controversial and divisive two terms that have taken on almost entirely subjective meaning in the past few decades. To be sure, an influential cadre of media, business, and academic voices have spoken loudly and very negatively about Peterson. However, in my view, they have not seriously engaged his arguments and, even less, shown evidence why his positions are wrong. Rather, their hostility to Peterson seems to be ideologically driven. As a Catholic, I do not agree with everything Peterson has said or written; that is why, in great part, I co-wrote the book. However, also as a Catholic, I do not find his principal arguments to be controversial or divisive.

Do you think Peterson has been effective at re-introducing the Bible and God into secular culture and, if so, why?

Yes. I think many secularists are drawn to Peterson, first, because he is a man of science and science is one thing, perhaps the only thing, that many secularists take seriously. So if a scientist can find such great meaning in the Bible, maybe they can, too. Second, Peterson, like the podcaster Joe Rogan, is not afraid to follow the truth wherever it leads, or, at least, where he thinks it leads. He is intellectually curious but also profoundly concerned with finding a good answer to his questions (that is, not just curious for the sake of curiosity). That combination of authenticity, intellectual openness, and moral seriousness is a rarity and will draw many peoples attention. Third, although Catholicism has always read the Bible with an ear to all its levels of meaning, Peterson has opened the biblical text to meanings that secular audiences (and poorly catechized Christian audiences) were not previously aware of. In fact, one lesson I think the Peterson phenomenon teaches Catholics is what a poor job we, both laity and clergy, have done in communicating the moral and spiritual richness of scripture. Happily, there has been a Catholic intellectual renaissance blossoming the past several years that has been reintroducing the beauty and brilliance of the Bible to the culture. Bishop Robert Barrons Word on Fire apostolate has been at the forefront of this movement.

From your perspective, how have Petersons thoughts and attitude toward God changed over time?

It is very hard to say where Petersons explorations will take him. It seems the experience of his wifes sudden healing from cancer and her devotion to the rosary has had a significant effect on him. But, of course, conversion is only a decision between God and the individual. All the same, I think of him, sometimes, as a contemporary St. Augustine of Hippo who is gradually thinking his way into orthodox Catholicism, yet still privately saying for now, to paraphrase St. Augustine in the Confessions, Make me a believer Lordbut just not yet!

Editors Note: Follow Prof. Petrusek on Twitter @MattPetrusek.

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Besides the Eiffel Tower and foie gras, France is known for having produced an intellectual class that, over the centuries, from Diderots Encylopdie to Derridas critical theory, has successfully exported its products to the rest of the world.

Frances intellectual history demonstrates that alongside traditional social classes, a nation may cultivate something called the intellectual class, a loose network of people who collectively produce ideas about society that are no longer restricted to the traditional categories of philosophy, science and literature. Prominent intellectuals merge all three in their quest to interpret the complexity of the world and human history.

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French intellectuals are perceived as floating freely in the media landscape. American intellectuals, in contrast, tend to be tethered to universities or think tanks. They publish and sometimes appear in the media, but with a serious disadvantage, having tocompete in shaping public discourse with far more influential media personalities such as Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson or even Tucker Carlson.

A stale historical clich compares Europe with ancient Greece and the US with the Roman Empire. Rome and the US both produced a vibrant and distinct popular culture, with a taste for gaudy spectacle and superficial entertainment. But in Roman times, plebeian culture co-existed with a patrician culture cultivated by Romes ruling class. Modern democracy roundly rejects the very idea of a ruling class. Commercialism has turned out to be the great equalizer. Everyone in America is expected to share the same culture of movies, TV and popular music. The same applies to popular ideas, whether political, scientific or economic.

Amy Wax is a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania who is not shy about expressing her ideas, notably her updated version of class differences. She is convinced that what she calls bourgeois culture replaced Romes patrician culture in the US but is in danger of extinction. Wax believes everyone in the US, including recent immigrants, should share that culture. Anyone who resists should be excluded. She also thinks that race and ethnicity are reliable indicators of the capacity of immigrants to conform.

As a young woman, Wax paced the halls and absorbed the wisdom spouted in lectures at Yale, Oxford, Harvard and Columbia University. Along the way, she amassed the kind of elite educational experience that identifies her as a distinguished exemplar of the modern intellectual class. With such impeccable credentials, it is fair to assume that she is not only well-informed but has learned the fine art of responsible thinking, a quality the media attributes to such luminaries.

So could it have come about that such a distinguished thinker and ranking member of the intellectual class should now be accused of sharing the kind of white supremacist attitude Hillary Clinton (Wellesley, Yale) famously attributed to the basket of deplorables? The intellectual class in the US uniformly and loudly rejects all forms of racism. If Wax expresses ideas that echo racist theses, it would indicate that she is betraying her own intellectual class. Appropriately, her university acknowledged her betrayal when it condemned her xenophobic and white supremacist discourse.

In a podcast in late December, Wax went beyond her previously expressed belief that the US would be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites. On that earlier occasion, she specifically targeted blacks, whom she categorizes as intellectually inferior. This time, she took aim at Asians, whose reputation for academic excellence and scientific achievement most people admire. She justified her attack in these terms: As long as most Asians support Democrats and help to advance their positions, I think the United States is better off with fewer Asians and less Asian immigration.

When the host of the podcast, Professor Glenn Loury, questioned her logic, she evoked the danger of the dominance of an Asian elite in this country who may change the culture. Waxs fear of domination by a foreign race and her defense of white civilization could hardly convince Loury, who is black. Loury countered that the Asians Wax wants to exclude are creating value and enlivening the society.

How do we lose from that? he asks. In response, Wax offered her own rhetorical question: Does the spirit of liberty beat in their breast?

This weeks Devils Dictionary definition:

Spirit of liberty:

Americas supreme civic virtue that consists of pursuing self-interested goals and conducting aggressive assaults against whatever one finds annoying

Wax offered her own definition of the spirit of liberty, which she identified as the virtue associated with people who are mistrustful of centralized concentrations of authority who have a kind of dont tread on me attitude, who are focused on our freedoms, on our liberties, on sort of small- scale personal responsibility who are non-conformist in good ways.

Apart from the fact that Wax is attributing a cultural attitude to Asians (more than half of humanity), her idea of liberty reflects feelings associated with aggressive, nationalistic historical memes(for example, dont tread on me) rather than the kind of political concept we might expect from a serious intellectual. In his 1859 essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill defined it as the protection against the tyranny of political rulers, analyzing it in terms of the individuals relationship with authority, not as a spirit or attitude. But Mill was English and, unlike Americans, the English are disinclined to celebrate attitude.

Wax, who is Jewish, paradoxically complained that Jews have a lot to answer for numerically through their predominance. She derides their susceptibility to the idealistic, pie-in-the-sky socialist ideas. When Loury accuses her of appealing to a stereotype, she objects that theres nothing wrong with stereotyping when it is used correctly. Just as Wax approves of non-conformity in good ways she condones correct stereotyping. She believes herself to be the arbiter of whats good and correct.

Wax shares with Fox News host Tucker Carlson a sense of legitimate domination of what she calls the tradition of the legacy population, identified as the traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) majority. Wax aligns with cultural nationalists like Samuel Huntington, whose book Who Are We: Americas Great Debate? following his famous The Clash of Civilizations: And the Remaking of the World Order preached for the reaffirmation of the political and moral values transmitted by the WASP founders of American culture 400 years ago.

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University sums up the components of the Puritans culture: the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The cultures admirers routinely forget that their respect for law might mean disrespecting the law of the indigenous populations of the land they chose to occupy. Enforcing that respect sometimes translated as genocidal campaigns conducted in the name of that law. It also embraced slavery based on racial criteria.

Waxs up-to-date WASP culture, which she prefers to call bourgeois culture, no longer requires genocide or slavery to prevail. Her defense of a largely imaginary legacy culture has nevertheless led her to embrace a racist view of humanity. While decrying the multicultural wokism that she believes now dominates academic culture, she appears to believe 19th-century France rather than the Yankee Revolution sets the standard to live up to.

Wax is right to lament the very real breakdown in Americas intellectual culture. The trendy woke moralizing so prevalent in American academia deserves the criticism she levels at it. Both her attitude and that of woke scholars derive from the same puritanical tradition that insists on imposing its understanding of morality on everyone else.

Waxs choice of bourgeois culture as the desirable alternative to wokism seems curious. Bourgeois culture is identified with the mores of a dominating urban upper-middle class that emerged in 19th century France that projected the image of a vulgar version of the aristocracy. It produced a culture specific to France, very different from the democratic culture of the United States at the time.

This highlights another difference. Whereas the French intellectual class, even when indulging in its traditional disputes, tends to agree on the meaning of the terms it fabricates, American intellectuals routinely bandy about terms they never seek to define or understand and use them to punish their enemies. That is what Wax has done with bourgeois culture and, in so doing, she has declared multiple races and ethnicities her enemies.

*[In the age of Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain, another American wit, the journalist Ambrose Bierce, produced a series of satirical definitions of commonly used terms, throwing light on their hidden meanings in real discourse. Bierce eventually collected and published them as a book, The Devils Dictionary, in 1911. We have shamelessly appropriated his title in the interest of continuing his wholesome pedagogical effort to enlighten generations of readers of the news. Read more of The Fair Observer Devils Dictionary. After four years of daily appearances, Fair Observers Daily Devils Dictionary moves to a weekly format.]

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Joe Rogan is starting his year with steak. Lots and lots of steak. The podcaster and MMA commentator announced on Instagram that he will be adhering to the carnivore diet for the entire month of January, a challenge that he has previously participated in which involves eating nothing but meat. This time, however, he is making one minor adjustment.

"January is world carnivore month," he wrote in the caption. "This time Im adding fruit to this diet. Just meat and fruit for the whole month."

The meat-only meal plan generated a lot of buzz in 2018, when Jordan Peterson revealed that he and his daughter Mikhaila live on only steak, water, and the occasional glass of bourbon, and that they have both seen positive health results as an outcome.

Writer Jack Crosbie tried the carnivore diet back in 2018 when it was blowing up as a phenomenon, and documented his experiences. He lost 10 pounds, but also felt so weak and nauseated during a boxing workout that he nearly threw up. "I have zero energy and it feels, literally, like Im punching under water," he said. "Every time I get hit with a body shot, it feels like Im going to vomit out the entire bag of cement (three days of steak) in my stomach."

While nobody is arguing that protein isn't important when it comes to building strength and muscle, eliminating vegetables from your diet as a source of nutrition is a lot harder to justify. "The removal of all vegetables is not something I would personally recommend, said clinical dietitian Scott Hemingway. "Theres very little science if any science to support any negative effects of consuming vegetables on our overall diet... If people find things that make them feel better or that works for them, Im all for supporting that. However, there really is no science to back these claims currently, and theres definitely no research to determine the potential long-term effects, whether beneficial or harmful, on a fad diet like this."

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Dietitian Abby Langer, R.D. agreed, telling Men's Health: "Even keto or Atkinsas limited as they arestill include vegetables, and you can still have some low-sugar fruits. But the philosophy of carnivore is that carbs, fruits, and vegetables arent healthy. Yes, youll lose a lot of weight... But thats because youre cutting out every other food except for protein."

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With the Cardinals playoff game Monday night against the Rams, the practice schedule was pushed ahead so the team will be on the field beginning Thursday and through Saturday for the normal three days of work before a game.

That will be the first indication of where injured players are as the team hopes to have as many of the walking wounded as possible to be available.

For Sundays game against Seattle, five of the seven inactive players were injured: running back Chase Edmonds, wide receiver/kick returner Rondale Moore, cornerback Marco Wilson, defensive tackle Jordan Phillips and tight end Demetrius Harris.

Then, during the game, running backs James Conner (ribs) and Jonathan Ward (knee), and cornerback Kevin Peterson (concussion) exited with injuries.

Head coach Kliff Kingsbury said, We should know more on KP today, which sounded somewhat like hope that Peterson might clear the concussion protocol.

As for Edmonds, Conner and Ward, Kingsbury said, Once we get out there Thursday, we'll have a better idea. But as of now, I would just say day-to-day. I don't know how they're gonna progress as the week goes on.

In addition to the loss of wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the offense, Moores absence has also affected what the offense can do.

Rondale's a special talent, Kingsbury said. I think we've all seen that. He's dynamic, unique in space, all those things. Really gives us a spark, so it would be great to have him back if we can get him.

The Cardinals made two roster moves Wednesday, re-signing defensive tackle Zach Kerr to the practice squad and activating tight end Maxx Williams from reserve/COVID-19.

Kerr was waived Monday after departing the COVID list and was added after clearing waivers Tuesday.

Williams remains on reserve/injured, so his activation is immaterial to Mondays game. However, the Cardinals now have no players on reserve/COVID-19.

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Re: Trudeau and other partisans should rein in the rage, John Ivison, Jan. 4

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While reading John Ivisons column, the concept of the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few bounced around in my mind. Whether Dickens or Spock, the idea has clearly been lost on both the populist and progressive sides in modern (and dysfunctional) politics. In the past, politicians developed and implemented policies aimed at the needs of the many. Red Tories and Blue Liberals ensured their parties stayed focused on the centre that captured the vast majority of people also known as voters. Compromise was a critical capability of any successful government in developing, modifying and deploying policy changes that would benefit the greatest number of Canadians and maintain both a stable economy and a stable rich Canadian culture.

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How times change. The fallout from the Trump years continues to be felt everyday as a very vocal minority drives rage from the right, destroying any chance of a reasoned political discourse, replaced instead by an attitude that if you are not with us, you are against us. We Canadians and our system are clearly much better. But one doesnt have to dig very far to see we are in the same boat as America. It is simply leaning hard left instead of hard right, well off the centre that has traditionally been Canadas advantage. Justin Trudeau and his band of progressives clearly have the attitude that if you are not with us, you are against us. Instead of building a better, stronger, and more prosperous society for all, it seems they focus more and more on policies that benefit a very vocal minority at the expense of the majority of Canadians and seem hell bent on destroying what has made Canada great economically, socially and culturally. Whether the ship capsizes to the right or the left is somewhat academic. The rage builds up to a breaking point and the ship still capsizes.

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I, too, have great hopes for 2022 and pray the illiberal left reins in its rage. After all, the needs of the many must outweigh the needs of the few if Canada is to avoid the precipice the U.S. is heading towards at flank speed.

Stephen Gesner, Oakville, Ont.

Truer words were never spoken and I hope that the spreading of fear by the prime minister and others will end before this pandemic does. COVID has provided the perfect cover for Justin Trudeau to distract from rising inflation, his irresponsible spending, his war on fossil fuels and pushing woke ideologically driven policies. Using fear, now against the unvaccinated, continues to keep Trudeau in control of his radical agenda. COVID has in fact given the political class something they could only dream about having absolute power.

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Re: Schools open for Omicron except here in Canada, Chris Selley, Jan. 5

It is an axiom that you cannot manage what you do not or cannot measure. OMICRON has overwhelmed our ability to test, contact trace and measure its spread in the broader population. There is no way to know when to unlock the lockdown when the data we have used to date to manage lockdowns is no longer reliable, if at all available. OMICRON is now managing us, rather than the other way around, and business people and school-aged children and young adults are suffering inordinately as a result.

It is too easy to blame Ontario Premier Doug Ford for all of this, but it should be noted that neither Steven Del Duca, the Ontario Liberal leader, nor Andrea Horwath, the provincial NDP leader, have offered a different way forward. Both of these leaders have shown they are capable only of frothing at the mouth over the obvious failures of the current government. It would appear that the only winners in the Lockdown Games are the politicians who claim to be following the science and the public health officials who abet their failure to actually do so.

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Re: Open the damn country back up, before Canadians wreck something we cant fix, Jordan Peterson, Jan. 10

I would sharpen Jordan Petersons opinion that it is time for some courage in the face of COVID. People with no medical reason for not being vaccinated must have the courage of their convictions not to use our publicly funded medical system when they contract the illness. If these anti-vaxxers still want medical attention after contracting COVID, then courageous politicians must permit the private sector to provide it. This solution would recognizes the Canadian value of choice and ease the stresses COVID has caused our public health system.

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Re: I see it coming: Mandatory vaccinations on the horizon, federal health minister says, Jan. 7

I am a fully vaccinated Canadian, even boosted, but I see mandatory vaccinations and vaccine passports as a huge intrusion on our freedoms and basically useless, as proven by Omicron.

Here is a novel solution for our underfunded and very inferior health-care system that so many Canadians still think is superior to other models.

Why dont we prohibit smoking and require all obese people to go on mandatory exercise programs? The money we save in health costs could be used to treat COVID patients.

After all, if were not going to be concerned about personal freedoms, we should look at all options.

E. Arndt, Yorkton, Sask.

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Prior lockdowns have often seen Canada experience a rally round the flag effect as politicians and public health officials were held up as wise sages guiding the population through uncertain times. A new Leger poll has found that those sentiments are now headed out the window

Writing in the National Post, Rupa Subramanya pitched the case as to why lockdowns are probably doing very little to check the spread of Omicron . In this latest wave, the only European country to match Canada in terms of lockdown severity was The Netherlands. Subramanya noted that Dutch hospitalizations did indeed go down under lockdown but this was in spite of cases continuing to rise. Its not the lockdown that is keeping hospital and ICU admissions under control, but the simple fact that vaccines, and recovery from a prior infection, work to reduce the severity of the virus, she wrote .

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The Netherlands went for a hard lockdown Dec 19.But guess what, cases falling 1.8%/day on average for 3 weeks before lockdown and rising 6.7%/day since. And ICU admissions already falling before have continued to fall. Lockdown failed and was unnecessary. https://t.co/kyYz93OOIA

Former Senator Andr Pratte is currently living under curfew conditions in Quebec. In a column , he criticized the notion that Quebecs restrictions are based on science because the underlying data is becoming shoddy . Case rates are becoming increasingly arbitrary due to overwhelmed testing capacity, and even hospitalization rates have been corrupted by rising numbers of hospital patients who are admitted for other reasons but are marked down as COVID-19 patients after testing positive for an asymptomatic case.

And noted heterodox thinker Jordan Peterson is in the pages of the National Post with a much blunter assessment on the ongoing lockdowns: Open the damn country back up . Petersons chief observation is that nothing seems to work anymore in Canada : Parents cant rely on schools being open, travellers cant rely on airlines flying on schedule and shoppers increasingly cant trust shelves to be stocked. Were playing with fire Ive never seen breakdown in institutional trust on this scale before in my lifetime, he wrote.

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One of the signature experiences of the Omicron wave has been multi-hour lineups of cars queuing up for a COVID-19 test. In Burnaby, B.C., police saw a woman using her phone while in a 2.5 hour lineup and decided to slap her with a $300 ticket for distracted driving . In a statement , Burnaby RCMP said they had noticed ongoing issues among motorists in the constant crawl of test-site traffic, including using electronic devices and not wearing seatbelts.

Speaking of policing, for one of the first times in Canadian history, a First Nations police service will be policing a non-Indigenous community rather than the other way around . Albertas Tosguna Tsuutina Nation Police Service the official police authority of the Tsuutina Nation has just taken over policing duties of Redwood Meadows , a neighbouring community of 1,000 that has traditionally been serviced by the RCMP.

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After imposing vaccine mandates on health-care workers, air passengers and the civil service, Ottawa is now looking to make vaccination mandatory for American long-haul truckers crossing the border . The policy is expected to sideline up to 10 per cent of cross-border truckers, with industry groups warning that it would exacerbate rising food prices and ongoing supply chain backlogs. Everyone has been talking about inflation. And this is just going to continue to fuel that, one fruit importer told Reuters .

Trudeau government officials are getting progressively more comfortable with bad-mouthing the Peoples Republic of China . Most recently, that took the form of Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly telling Global News about Canadas new Indo-Pacific stategy a term that is essentially diplomatic code for Beijing-countering strategy.

Meanwhile, Canada might be sending weapons to Ukraine as the European country faces down a possible invasion from Russia . At least, Joly refused to deny as much when repeatedly pressed on the matter during an interview on CTV. In 2017, Ukraine was suddenly added to the list of countries approved for Canadian arms sales. Since 2015, Canada has kept a standing force of around 200 soldiers in Ukraine to act as military trainers.

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New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) As we enter the New Year, some of us would want to focus on our physical health and wellbeing, while others may want to foray into new avenues related to wealth and prosperity. The list of resolutions is surely going to be a long one, but don't put down your pen just yet as Penguin India, through its new initiative -- Penguin Transform -- has another plan of action for the people who expect 2022 to be the year of great transformation.

As part of the initiative, Penguin India has curated a list of 12 international titles to be read over 12 months that promise to transform your outlook on life. On the journey that you undertake with these 12 books, you would find characters from works of fiction who would resonate with you, who would make you laugh and cry but would also teach you valuable lessons along the way about the different definitions of love and friendship, what it means to be independent and free and to live in a world that is ever changing.

Along with fiction, there are also widely recognised non-fiction titles that will make your mind reel with new information and your heart soar with new knowledge. At the end of the journey, you are sure to meet a better version of yourself -- #MeetTheNewYouIn2022.

'As humans and members of our society, we are changing every moment. Living our lives means facing uncertain experiences every now and then like this pandemic, but there are things in life that can be controlled and those are really the things that end up defining us. With this thought in mind, we at Penguin decided to initiate Penguin Transform with the help of our employees/colleagues in India to identify 12 books to go with 12 months of the year that would change a reader's perspective about life and perhaps even be transformative and make them better people,' said Richard Rowlands, Regional Sales Director, India & Asia, Penguin Random House UK.

'This campaign materialised as a result of a conversation I had with my team about what Penguin as a brand owes to its readers. A ubiquitous response was to introduce people to books that would move them, that would make them rethink one or another aspect of their life and would become a memorable and transformational experience for them,' said Manoj Satti, Vice President, International Product & Marketing, Penguin Random House India.

'A lot of thought and discussion has gone behind choosing these 12 international titles out of the innumerable books we end up publishing every year. We hope the readers are able to benefit from these titles the way our colleagues have,' he added.

Here goes:

1. Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafaq

Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home -- everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life -- an emptiness once filled by love. So when Ella reads a manuscript about the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his 40 rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work. It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored.

2. Zen and the Art of Simple Living by Shunmyo Masuno

Zen is the perfect antidote to the stress and uncertainty of modern life...In clear, practical and easy to follow lessons -- one a day for 100 days -- renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to show you how to apply the essence of Zen to modern life. You will learn how to exhale deeply to eliminate negative emotions, to arrange your house simply to clear your thinking, to line up your shoes at night to bring order to your mind, to plant a single flower and watch it grow, to worry less about what you cannot control, and so much more. You will even make time to think about nothing at all.

3. Think Again by Adam Grant

Discover how rethinking can lead to excellence at work and wisdom in life. Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world it might matter more that we can rethink and unlearn. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds-and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of 'Originals' and 'Give and Take', he tries to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. 'Think Again' invites us to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility, humility, and curiosity over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.

4. Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora seed finds herself in the midnight library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: What is the best way to live?

5. Breath by James Nestor

There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. 'In Breath', journalist James Nestor travels the world to discover the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments, for instance, jump-start athletic performance and rejuvenate internal organs.

6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

This classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author Madeleine L'Engle is now a major new motion picture from Disney. When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a very special and exciting mixture of fantasy and science fiction, which all the way through is dominated by the funny and mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which.

7. Normal People by Sally Rooney

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation -- awkward but electrifying -- something life-changing begins. 'Normal People' is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't.

8. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

This is Britain as you've never read it -- Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the 20th century to the teens of the 21st, 'Girl, Woman, Other' follows a cast of 12 characters on their personal journeys through the country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope

9. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold typeface? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.

10. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty? Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old, men and women, aim at a life of responsibility and meaning. Now he can help you. Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers 12 profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he reminds us, we each have a vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world. Deep, rewarding and enlightening, '12 Rules for Life' is a lifeboat built solidly for stormy seas: ancient wisdom applied to our contemporary problems.

11. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. 'When Breath Becomes Air' chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity, what makes life worth living in the face of death, what do you do when life is catastrophically interrupted, what does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all.

12. Educated by Tara Westover

Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn't exist. She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.

So, there you have it. Dig in and start reading!

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ASHWAUBENON 74, SHEBOYGAN SOUTH 33

ASHWAUBENON - Marcus Tomashek scored 19 points and Matt Imig added 16 to lead the Jaguars to the win.

Sheboygan South was led by Alex Kaffine with 14 points.

Sheboygan South 16 17 - 33

Ashwaubenon 41 33 - 74

Sheboygan South: Ladwig 6, Kaffine 14, Peterman 3, Leonhard 10. 3-pt: Kaffine 2, Ladwig. FT: 8-11. Fouls: 12.

Ashwaubenon: Imig 16, M. Tomashek 19, D. Tomashek 9, Hurd 1, Kelly 8, Herzog 3, Schoen 5, Huguet 5, Walton 1, Kirst 7. 3-pt: D. Tomashek 3, Imig 2, M. Tomashek 2, Herzog, Schoen, Kirst. FT: 12-14. Fouls: 12.

REEDSVILLE 76, SEVASTOPOL 34

REEDSVILLE - Brennen Dvorachek had a double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds in the Panthers win over the Pioneers.

Carter Salm and Zach Dvorachek added 14 and 13 points, respectively, for Reedsville. Camden Dvorachek had 10 assists.

Sevastopol was led by Carter Bieris 15 points

Sevastopol 22 12 - 34

Reedsville 49 27 - 76

Sevastopol: Peterson 7, Jandu 5, Ash 5, Bieri 15, Sandoval 2. 3-pt: Peterson, Ash, Bieri. FT: 5-7. Fouls: 10.

Reedsville: B. Dvorachek 23, Taddy 2, Salm 14, Kenneke 2, Schenian 8, Z. Dvorachek 13, Eichhorst 4, C. Dvorachek 2, Schwahn 4, Ossmann 4. 3-pt: Z. Dvorachek 3. FT: 5-8. Fouls: 10.

MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 64, RANDOM LAKE 44

RANDOM LAKE - The Lancers led by 20 points at halftime in their win over the Rams.

Jenna Lischke scored 16 points and Emma Miller had 14 to lead Manitowoc Lutheran.

Random Lake was led by Abby Borchardt with 18 points and Halle Van Horn with 11.

Manitowoc Lutheran 39 25 - 64

Random Lake 19 25 - 44

Manitowoc Lutheran: H. Marohn 1, E. Marohn 2, Miller 14, Mehlhorn 7, Bessler 6, Lischka 16, Luebke 8, Ermis 10. 3-pt: Miller 4, Bessler 2, Lischka 2, Mehlhorn. FT: 1-7. Fouls: 17.

Random Lake: C. Noll 3, Borchardt 18, Harter 3, T. Noll 4, Wittenberg 2, Rathke 3, Van Horn 11. 3-pt: Borchardt 2, C. Noll, Rathke, Van Horn. FT: 7-14. Fouls: 11.

SHEBOYGAN LUTHERAN 52, HOWARDS GROVE 44

SHEBOYGAN - The Crusaders overcame a four-point halftime deficit to defeat the Tigers.

Faith Pape led Sheboygan Lutheran with 17 points. Anna Splittgerber and Addy Verhagen both added 12 points.

Ellie Schueler and Destiny Benton led Howards Grove with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

Howards Grove 23 21 - 44

Sheboygan Lutheran 19 33 - 52

Howards Grove: Larson 2, Benton 11, Heim 2, Reichwald 4, Bramstedt 8, M. Schueler 4, E. Schueler 13. 3-pt: E. Schueler 3. FT: 11-20. Fouls: 16.

Sheboygan Lutheran: Splittgerber 12, Verhagen 12, Brigham 4, Stricker 2, Beger 5, Pape 17. 3-pt: Splittgerber 4, Verhagen. FT: 9-13. Fouls: 16.

BRILLION 51, TWO RIVERS 33

BRILLION - The Lions led by 12 points at halftime and cruised to the victory.

Megan Schuman led Brillion with 15 points, while Makenna Dietrich scored 11 and Aubrie Williams had 10.

Two Rivers was led by Allyson Kakes with 12 points and Mackenzie Graff with 10.

Two Rivers 17 16 - 33

Brillion 29 22 - 51

Two Rivers: Slickman 2, Zimney 2, Kakes 12, McPherson 2, Delleman 5, Graff 10. 3-pt: Graff 2. FT: 7-13. Fouls: 12.

Brillion: Schuman 15, Dietrich 11, Schwahn 5, Schuh 6, Williams 10, Eichmeier 2, Shimek 2. 3-pt: Schuman, Dietrich 3. FT: 8-10. Fouls: 10.

ST. MARY CATHOLIC 68, SHEBOYGAN CHRISTIAN 13

SHEBOYGAN - Chloe Vogel scored all 19 of herpoints in the first half of the Zephyrs win over the Eagles.

Mackenna Epping hadseven points for Sheboygan Christian.

St. Mary Catholic 42 26 - 68

Sheboygan Christian 6 7 - 13

St. Mary Catholic: Griffith 7, C. Vogel 19, E. Vogel 6, Ripley 6, A. Norville 1, J. Vosters 9, Anderson 8, Voss 2, Brenn 4, Nackers 4, Ruess-Markley 2. 3-pt: Griffith, C. Vogel. FT: 6-11. Fouls: 10.

Sheboygan Christian: Zylstra 3, Epping 7, Bulkow 1, Young 2. 3-pt: None. FT: 3-8. Fouls: 7.

HILBERT 51, CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM 35

CEDAR GROVE - The Wolves built a 14-point halftime lead and made it stand up in their win over the Rockets.

Laney Halbach led Hilbert with 21 points. Meghan Propson finished with 10 points.

Katelyn Morris led Cedar Grove-Belgium with 10 points.

Hilbert 29 22 - 51

Cedar Grove-Belgium 15 20 - 35

Hilbert: M. Propson 10, Halbach 21, Raymond 1, Diedrich 8, Sheets 5, Wiese 2, Woelfel 4. 3-pt: M. Propson 2, Halbach, Diedrich. FT: 5-9. Fouls: 12.

Cedar Grove-Belgium: Marti 3, O. Bahr 2, A. Bahr 7, Schmitz 5, Morris 10, Beightol 5, Hopeman 3. 3-pt: Marti, Schmitz, Beightol. FT: 6-8. Fouls: 9.

MISHICOT 45, PLYMOUTH 30

145: Logan Marquardt M pinned Jordan Lensmire :53. 152: Jacob Hibbard M dec. Jaden Papenfus 8-2. 160: Brant Cracraft M won by forfeit. 170: Silas Dailey P pinned Brian Lambrecht 2:28. 182: Nico Desotelle M pinned Deacon Allen 1:09. 195: Ben Griffey M pinned Jordan Trejo 1:02. 220: Logan Marshall M pinned Collin Harvey :54. 285: Wyatt Moore P pinned Harrison Sauer 1:44. 106: Double forfeit. 113: Kaden Tesarik M won by forfeit. 120: T.J Havlovitz M pinned Connor Murray 1:14. 126: Brooke Schuenemann P won by forfeit. 132: Kade Novak P won by forfeit. 138: Luke Hartenstein P won by forfeit.

RANDOM LAKE 78, ELKHART LAKE/HOWARDS GROVE 3

106: Chase Koepp RL won by forfeit. 113: Grant Gibson RL pinned Lacota Lisowe 6:37. 120: Dylan Brody RL pinned Josiah Horn 4:12. 126: Jackson Averill RL won by forfeit. 132: David San Felippo RL won by forfeit. 138: Natron Daggett RL won by forfeit. 145: Stone Pomeroy RL won by forfeit. 152: Jayden Young RL won by forfeit. 160: Toren Vandenbush RL won by forfeit. 170: Yuki Sesoko ELGHG dec. Tyler Schoneman 8-6. 182: Samuel Schwabe RL pinned Aaron Schorer :46. 195: Michael Upson RL won by forfeit. 220: Jordan Arendt RL won by forfeit. 285: Diego Brandt RL won by forfeit.

SHEBOYGAN 119.825, KAUKAUNA 66.4

Vault: 1, Elle Matczak S 8.6; 2, Naomi Harder S 8.35. Bars: 1, Elle Matczak S 7.25; 2, Elliot Zugel S 6.10. Beam: 1, Kailey Kaltenbrun S 8.35; 2, Elle Matczak S 7.95. Floor: 1, Kailey Kaltenbrun S 8.375; 2, Norah Bowers K 7.90. All-around: 1, Elle Matczak S 31.20; 2, Kailey Kaltenbrun S 30.225.

Varsity high school coaches or their statisticians should email results to sports@gannettwisconsin.com.

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Here are Tuesday's high school sports results for the Manitowoc and Sheboygan area - Herald Times Reporter