The following is a summary of the August issue of The St. Croix Review.

Barry MacDonald in “Weird,” reveals a simple, effective technique Democrats use to deceive Americans.

Mark Hendrickson, in “The Secret Democratic Cabal’s Openly Anti-American Agenda — the Democratic Cabal Is the True Threat to Democracy” reminds us of the purpose of the Constitution — to protect the people from the tyranny of government; in “Joe Biden and the Democratic Party Are Amoral — Don’t Expect Anything Better from His Successor,” he takes an extended look at Biden’s history, and characterizes the Democratic party; in “‘Far-right’ and ‘Right-wing’ in the So-called ‘Mainstream Media,’” he castigates the lazy and pernicious habit of the mainstream media to cast any person right of center as “extremist”; in “Some Good News on the Climate Change Front,” he comments on a Wall Street Journal report that shows that more government and private money is now dedicated to flooding, extreme heat, and infrastructure rather than astronomically expensive schemes that are without tangible benefit; in “The Green Version of Socialism: What Is Familiar and What Is Different,” he shows that the Biden administration’s energy policies are self-righteously arrogant, ignorant, and incompetent, and that they put a far greater burden on the poor than on the wealthy; in “The Halfway Point of Another Eventful Sports Year,” he provides a summary of American and world sporting events, in both team and individual sports.

Paul Kengor, in “The American Righteous Cause — Then and Now,” compares present-day America’s neglect of liberty and faith with the Founding Fathers, who uplifted both God and liberty.

Allan C. Brownfeld in “Identity Politics Threatens the Achievement of a Genuinely Color-Blind Society,” shares the good news that university administrators and state legislatures are ending racial, DEI imperatives in 22 states — and DEI protocols are being challenged nationwide in 59 court cases; in “Preparing for America’s 250th Anniversary as Our Democracy Seems in Trouble,” while pointing out that America is the only country in the world with a continuous democracy of nearly 250 years, he cites significant forces that undermine American liberty.

James Thrasher, in “Gen Z — What’s a Paper Route?” describes the work ethic of today’s youth with that of the past.

Derek Suszko in “Forging a Christian Politics” uses passages from the Gospel to argue for a model Christian ruler or political figure who “stewards” the state by understanding the nature of the people and the substance of his God-given task.

Steven A. Samson, in “The Rise of the Administrative State,” provides an historical look at the corrupting process by which bureaucracy becomes a “Provider State” that crushes individual freedom.

Francis P. DeStefano, in “Burt Lancaster’s Screen Persona,” reviews two of the distinguished actor’s films: “The Killers,” and “Criss Cross”; in “The Way,” he reviews a 2010 film about a pilgrimage starring Martin Sheen and directed and produced by his real-life son, Emilio Estevez, who also appears in the movie.

Jigs Gardner, in “Versed in Country Things — the Test of Winter, Part II,” explores the difficulty of securing an adequate supply of water in frozen surroundings, the dwindling quantity and quality of food over winter months, and the multitude of subtleties involved in the production of maple syrup.

Jigs Gardner, in “Writers for Conservatives: 12 — Frederick Manning,” introduces a novelist who wrote an inspired and profound novel about the infantry in the trenches of World War I.