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It Took Outsiders to Remind Us What America Is
- Culture, Featured, International, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 2, 2026

We live in a society in which emotions are king. Feel something? Do it! Desire something? Pursue it! In fact, our contemporary age almost seems to chaff at the idea of doing something in which your emotions are not invested. How can you do something out of duty and still “be yourself”? The Cultural Novelty of “Emotions”
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Several years ago, I wrote an article detailing 10 valuable Chinese proverbs, which I’d discovered in a 1937 book from Stanford University Press containing 700 such tidbits of wisdom. I later revisited the book and found numerous other apt sayings about living life well, 10 more of which I’d like to share below. To Cut Down Grass is
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Twice, in all my childhood, a TV entered our house. The first time was during the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’d borrowed an old screen from a friend – one of those boxy 13-inch TVs (the kind that, minus the off-screen dials, you might see Calvin watching in “Calvin and Hobbes”). My family propped the clunky device
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“How are we feeling today?” my teacher began. “Let’s do a quick check-in.” Typically, our check-ins involved a scale of one to five. One was the worst: It meant, the teacher explained, that we felt no motivation, had no energy, and couldn’t wait for the school year to end. Five was the best: It signaled
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