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  • Minnesota Seeks to Insert ‘Social Justice’ in Teacher Licensing

    Minnesota Seeks to Insert ‘Social Justice’ in Teacher Licensing0

    A newly created Minnesota board is seeking to implement a rule that critics say would introduce “social justice” training to the state’s teacher licensing. The board, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB), was created after a 2016 audit concluded that the state’s teacher licensing system was “broken.” The new 11-member board is seeking

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  • Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular

    Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular0

    In the “New and Popular” section of my local public library, there are multiple shelves dedicated to Amish romance novels. Yes, you read that correctly: Amish romance novels. As it turns out there’s quite a market, especially among evangelical Christians, for what’s also waggishly known as “bonnet-ripper” fiction. The three most popular authors of Amish

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  • The Education System Loves Promoting Anti-Bullying… Until Homeschoolers Do the Same

    The Education System Loves Promoting Anti-Bullying… Until Homeschoolers Do the Same0

    For many American parents, the idea that their child is talented enough to land a small role in a famous Broadway musical would be enough to burst a few buttons. But imagine that this same child went to Broadway intending to try for a small role and walks away with the lead instead. Now that’s

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  • Chesterton on the Dangers of ‘Cloudy Political Cowardice’

    Chesterton on the Dangers of ‘Cloudy Political Cowardice’0

    If G. K. Chesterton were around to account for what’s wrong with our world today, he’d likely list political correctness high among our current ills.  The term itself would not have been familiar to him, but the phenomenon was.  He detected in the atmosphere of his era a “cloudy political cowardice.”  Instead of telling others

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  • Who Was St. Valentine and Why is February 14 a Romantic Holiday?

    Who Was St. Valentine and Why is February 14 a Romantic Holiday?0

    It’s customary on St. Valentine’s Day to write odes, buy chocolates, and lavish romance upon the burning object of one’s affection. Approximately 140 million Valentine’s Day cards will be exchanged on the holiday, estimates suggest. But why do we do all these things? Most people, it’s safe to say, undertake these tasks without an inkling

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  • Individualistic Nations Provide the Most Charity for Strangers, Survey Shows

    Individualistic Nations Provide the Most Charity for Strangers, Survey Shows0

    Christian life relies on faith, not on sight. But it is a serendipity when social science bears out its teachings about spiritual and religious freedom – and it is particularly delicious when those findings are featured on NPR. “The world’s wealthiest and most individualistic countries also happen to be some of the most altruistic,” wrote Georgetown University’s

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