Ray W. Hinkle

Professor of Architecture, Journal of American Thought-Political Commentary, Author

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

My uncle John Kennedy regarded our motion picture industry as one of our most critical foreign policy assets. He appointed the esteemed and beloved war correspondent Edward R. Murrow to revamp the USIA to harness Hollywood to project US values and culture abroad. JFK heavily utilized TV, film documentaries (such as Five Cities of June), and international broadcasting to shape foreign policy, expand global affection and admiration for America, and promote U.S. interests abroad.

In recent years, American politicians have allowed this iconic American industry to migrate to other nations. As Cheryl says, the infrastructure, talent, and capital are here—including the most creative filmmakers on earth. All we need to do is to realign the economics. It’s time to bring the movies home!

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

Victor Davis Hanson: The Deeper Stakes of the Midterms https://t.co/cgkbwrLiml

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AI Is a Two-Edged Sword https://t.co/I1tUhN9VGm via @CatholicThing

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Men without Minds https://t.co/kleFKqMgkl via @CatholicThing

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: Ted Nugent NAILS IT at the Trump rally

"I'm a radical. I'm an EXTREMIST."

"I believe my life pivots upon God, family, country, constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, work ethic, law and order, self-defense, private property rights!" 🇺🇸

He just said everything opposed by Democrats! THAT'S where we are at this point in American history

If believing in God, family and the Constitution makes you an "extremist" to the left, then sign MILLIONS of Americans up

That list used to be just called being AMERICAN. Now Democrats treat it like a threat

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 UPDATE: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is facing calls to resign after she publicly called for the persecution of Trump allies to intimidate young conservatives against participating

WHAT A DEEP STATE CROOK!

She dreams of it: "I want young people to be like, lord, that may buy myself a ton of problems I don't want, so let me avoid participating. I want deterrence."

She's not talking about anyone accused of a crime. She's talking about kids fresh out of college deciding whether to take a job in a lawfully elected administration

Her plan is "signature cases" against "the people who enabled him," because, in her words, they "have no immunity the way the president does"

She wants teenagers to be scared of tyrants like her!

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BOOM! President Trump just DROPPED this line on Deep State Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) threatening persecutions to scare young conservatives

"Slotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics. That's a Democrat, and that's what they do. That's all they're good at, and you know what? That's why they're getting their ASSES KICKED."

🔥🔥🔥

The response is STRENGTH, NOT WEAKNESS

Slotkin should resign, but we all know she'd never do that. So she needs to be destroyed in the next election

Slotkin is a former CIA officer. Imagine that.

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Lost 2 World Wars—and America Inherited Its Self-Hatred https://t.co/qcfnr4udRC

[Promethean Action @PrometheanActn]

Bessent's Treasury just hit Bank of America with $1.2 billion in penalties for failing to report Chinese money laundering networks and illicit finance along the southwest border.

@SJKokinda on why the trail leads to King Charles 👇

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: I don't think it's a coincidence, to some extent, that pulling foreign aid into the State Department and away from this sort of independent, do-whatever-they-want organization which was USAID has had a direct impact on what's happening in the region.

[Stephen Moore @StephenMoore]

The AI and data center boom is driving an unprecedented wave of investment in America. 

The scale is bigger than the railroads, the interstate highways, and even the buildout of the internet. 

This is a historic moment for American innovation and economic growth.

[Susan Kokinda @sjkokinda]

It really does come down to this.

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

As the World Burns https://t.co/73VfwLmLtn via @CatholicThing

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Victor Davis Hanson: NATO Has Become a One-Way Street https://t.co/83GR1eO5UZ

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Legal expert Jonathan Turley confirms that Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar can face a VERY STRONG case for denaturalization, and her position in Congress means she might've been REPEATEDLY filing false information to the US government about her citizenship

IT'S TIME!!

"As a member of Congress, she has to continually file papers that may be repeating something that is false, that she may know is false. The civil case does not have a statute of limitations."

"The position of the government has been that even innocent errors if they would have prevented you from becoming a citizen can be the basis of denaturalization." 🔥🔥

Grand jury subpoenas are sent out, her home was raided, phone and passport seized, the case is RAPIDLY building.

Listing herself as 17 let her derive citizenship through her father instead of filing on her own, and that could've been a LIE

There also may be issues with her father's paperwork.

ILHAN'S DAYS IN THE US ARE NUMBERED

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

The God-Caesar Relationship https://t.co/LybQ3LfYGb via @CatholicThing

[Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley]

“Close your borders and take control, before it is too late!”

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

Abdul El-Sayed: A Muslim Brotherhood Puppet and a Grave National Security Threat https://t.co/pGcBePKTlY

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

Mary Eberstadt, writing in The Catholic Thing, raises a troubling question about pornography and its influence on the moral development of young people.
I do not know the circumstances surrounding the allegations involving fraternity members at Cornell University. Nevertheless, Eberstadt raises a larger issue that deserves serious consideration.
How did we arrive at this point in our society?
I believe the moral challenge begins much earlier in a child's development. The formation of Christian values, an understanding of right and wrong, respect for human dignity, and personal responsibility must begin in the home. Parents bear the primary responsibility for establishing this foundation, not schools, social media platforms, or government institutions.
Yet something fundamental has changed.
My supposition is that the extraordinary expansion of digital technology has created an environment in which children can privately access information and images that previous generations encountered far less readily. Smartphones, computers, and social media have opened an almost unlimited world of information, much of it accessible without meaningful parental supervision.
Pornography is perhaps one of the most troubling examples. Children may encounter explicit sexual material long before they have developed the moral judgment or emotional maturity necessary to understand its implications.
I have often reminded my students that information is an abundant resource. But information alone is not knowledge. It requires critical assessment, and knowledge itself must be guided by wisdom and moral responsibility.
Without a moral foundation, the abundance of information can become a source of confusion rather than enlightenment.
Technology is not inherently evil. It has brought extraordinary opportunities for education, communication, and human advancement. But technological innovation without moral responsibility can also diminish our understanding of human relationships and the dignity of the individual.
We must therefore ask whether we have gradually surrendered some of our parental responsibilities to a digital environment that has no obligation to teach our children Christian values.
The responsibility for moral formation cannot begin when a young person reaches college. By then, many of the attitudes and habits that influence adult behavior have already begun to develop.
Perhaps the greater question raised by Eberstadt's article is not simply what is happening to our young people, but what we, as parents and as a society, have failed to teach them.

[Ray W. Hinkle @RayWHinkle]

It’s Time for an Anti-Pornography Crusade https://t.co/wLT6GNisIG via @CatholicThing