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Books, Boys, and Heroes0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Literature
- October 15, 2026
My previous article, “Stories About Real Heroes Can Help Make Heroic Boys,” drew readers’ attention to the good that comes through exposing boys to literature and history featuring flesh-and-blood heroes. Superheroes have a place in the imagination of the young, but sooner or later, boys realize that the only superpowers in real life are those
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Gratitude, the Metronome for a Merry Heart0
- Culture, Featured, Literature
- October 12, 2026
Proverbs 15:13 tells us, “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance….” Two verses later, we read, “[H]e that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” For a couple of days this week, my heart was anything but merry, and doubtless my face and demeanor matched my mood. I was in a funk brought
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Today’s Misguided and Harmful Generational Divides Are Unnecessary0
“None of these young people want to work today. They’re lazy,” a friend at my favorite coffee shop recently asserted. “They’re ignorant. They don’t know a thing about history, and they never read books,” a phone friend has told me several times in conversation. “They’re all a bunch of snowflakes,” another friend said a couple
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Opening Eyes and Hearts to Love of Country0
- Culture, Featured, Western Civilization
- October 5, 2026
Over 10 years ago, I began writing an autobiography of sorts on my blog based on meaningful objects in my home. These are the possessions – an ornamental sword from the long-defunct Staunton Military Academy, a slender Lladró figurine of a nurse I’d given to my wife Kris one Christmas, a large, time-battered desk she’d
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A Princeton Classicist Offers 5 Ways to Turn Children Into Book Lovers
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- October 12, 2026
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Did LBJ Say, ‘I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for 200 years’?
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- October 10, 2016
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