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The Women Taking an Alternative Path in the Nationwide Library Fights 2
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature
- February 17, 2025
Let’s begin, as so many good things begin, with the dream. For years, conservative political activist, wife, and mother Connie Marshner of Front Royal, Va., dreamed of opening a private library, one aimed particularly at children. “I had collected books forever, especially children’s books, because I believe so strongly in beauty and beautiful books,” Marshner
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 5
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- February 14, 2025
Is there an epidemic of loneliness in the United States? Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy thought so. In 2023, he declared a national epidemic of loneliness and isolation, stating in June 2024, “The overall mortality impact of loneliness and isolation are on par with smoking daily, and they’re even greater than the mortality impact we
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And the Key to a Happy Marriage Is…2
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- February 13, 2025
If you’re like me, the older you get, the more you see friends divorce … friends that seemed like the perfect couple … friends that you didn’t think were ever in danger of splitting. Sadly, the reason given for these divorces all too often runs along the lines of a lack of happiness – a
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Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb 2
- Education, Featured, History, Uncategorized
- February 12, 2025
The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the Nation’s Report Card, came out in January, and student reading scores slipped once again. About 40% of fourth-graders and 33% of eighth-graders scored below the test’s basic level. Although states like Alabama provided bright spots in this grim picture with improvement in reading and
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Make Sports Apolitical Again 2
- Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
- February 11, 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles trounced the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, and as always with the annual event, the national conversation was as much about the advertisements as the game. I was pleasantly surprised, amid our current political rancor, to note some messaging promoting patriotism, unity and civility, appeals
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The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture 36
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized
- February 11, 2025
Last week, President Trump made an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Trump’s speech contained a number of comments on religion–even hinting at his own deepened faith since the bullet grazed his ear in July 2024–but actually didn’t focus much on the breakfast’s titular object: prayer. Trump may not place much emphasis on
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