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  • Discerning Between News You Can Use and News Abused

    Discerning Between News You Can Use and News Abused0

    On Jan. 23, 150,000 pro-life advocates gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. Among the participants were tens of thousands of young people. Online videos reveal the passions these men and women brought to the streets of our nation’s capital, carrying signs with slogans like, “Life Is a Gift” and “Get Married and Have Kids. You

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  • Finding Help and Hope Amidst Loneliness

    Finding Help and Hope Amidst Loneliness0

    The number of Americans receiving some sort of mental or emotional health treatment more than doubled from 2002 to 2024, rising from 27.2 million people to 60 million, a recent Statista article shows. Anxiety and depression are the most commonly cited reasons for seeking treatment. Experts credit this increase to the Covid lockdowns, less stigma attached to

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  • Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good?

    Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good?0

    When I was a kid in Boonville, N.C., I’d occasionally hear a grownup say, “He ain’t got a lick of sense,” meaning someone had just done something really stupid. I’d also hear, “That old boy’s too smart for his own good,” meaning someone with an overabundance of brains unchecked by common sense can bring himself

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  • ‘Socialization’ Depends on Who’s Doing the Socializing

    ‘Socialization’ Depends on Who’s Doing the Socializing0

    I was conversing with an 80-year-old neighbor recently who taught and coached for decades in public schools in New York City and here in Virginia. When I mentioned having taught seminars in literature, history, and Latin to homeschoolers, he instantly brought up socialization, a word I’ve heard linked to homeschoolers since my wife and I

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