“And what is so rare as a day in June?” That line from James Russell Lowell popped to mind early this morning as I sat on my porch. A week of fiery temperatures, muggy afternoons, and evening rains had finally birthed this beautiful blue panorama. The old homes and old trees of my neighborhood were
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It’s sort of odd that Americans remember Valley Forge. Given its high profile, one might think it was the site of a major battle. Yet it wasn’t. We may think we remember it because of the hardships troops faced in the winter encampment. In truth, while disease was rampant, it is likely that no one
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Whenever the internet makes a trend of a certain lifestyle, that lifestyle, however good it may be, is unlikely to emerge unscathed. The cartooning of traditional wives and mothers on social media is one such example. Many mothers build massive followings online by romanticizing homeschooling, baking, homesteading, and other markers of traditional motherhood. It’s all
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What famous people wear is always the talk of the town, a fact Second Lady Usha Vance is likely beginning to learn. As she recently noted on X, the New York Times published an entire article on the political significance of the coral-colored dress she wore while filming a Father’s Day reading session with her
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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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At a conference last June, a fellow attendee turned to me and began talking about Zohran Mamdani’s recent primary win in the New York City mayoral race. An economics enthusiast, this individual was aghast that a socialist like Mamdani would likely win such a prominent American political office. I, on the other hand, approached the
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