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An Ode to Amateur Recitals 13
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 27, 2025
Sitting in my winter coat, a Styrofoam cup of tea in hand, I listened in awe as the orchestra on stage finished Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter.” Nearby, several friends of mine sat in similar joyous awe, taking in the music. This was a regular Friday or Saturday evening occurrence during my college years. Thanks to the
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How We Undermine Parents From Cradle to Grave 14
- Culture, Family, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 26, 2025
A few years ago, some friends of mine had their seventh child. At home. By themselves. No expert help. Things weren’t supposed to happen that way, but there was literally “no room at the inn” (hospital) when the time came for the baby to be born, and baby wasn’t about to be put on a
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Poll Data Inadvertently Reveals the Damage Our Culture Is Doing to Our Children 7
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- June 26, 2025
New information from the 2022 Cooperative Election Study has brought renewed focus on connections between political affiliation, happiness, and mental health. Using graphs and data from this study, statistician and political analyst Nate Silver found that a sizable mental well-being gap exists between those on the right and left. Silver demonstrates that across every category
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Teaching Children to Embrace the Difficult Delights of Life 12
- Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- June 24, 2025
I browsed the shelves for as long as my mother would allow when I visited the library as a child. When her patience – or our available time – finally petered out, I brought seven or eight books up to the library counter to check out – a healthy mix of historical fiction, fantasy, mystery,
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Conservatives Can Forge a Pro-human Green Movement 20
- Family, Featured, Science, Uncategorized
- June 23, 2025
The right is understandably wary of the green movement. As it currently stands, the movement is a net negative for humanity, built on hatred of America, fabricated science, and the poison of woke “intersectionality.” But it doesn’t have to be like this. Caring for the environment could be a bipartisan issue. But for this to
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Anti-ICE Riots and the ‘Sin of Empathy’29
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 20, 2025
Theologian Joe Rigney received a torrent of bad press after claiming in his recent book, “The Sin of Empathy,” that “The so-called virtue of empathy is the greatest rhetorical tool of manipulation in the 21st century.” “Because love is a real virtue, empathy’s power is in posing as selfless care for victims,” Rigney continues. Political
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