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A Voyage to Nowhere: The Decline of American Culture 0
- Culture, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- August 10, 2026
In Paul Clayton’s collection of short stories, “Seeing Sunny Again,” we meet Carl Melcher. It’s the early 1960s, and Carl, who will enter high school in a week or so, has spent the summer hanging out on a beach longing without success to find a girlfriend. On this particular evening, he decides to try his
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5 Reasons Nearly Every Parent Should Be Homeschooling Their Kids 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, MomThink
- August 10, 2026
As homeschooling goes mainstream, some contend that homeschooling works for many families, but it isn’t a good idea for everyone. That is not the case. There are, frankly, fewer reasons to not homeschool than to homeschool. Education outside the home, especially in government schools, should be treated as the exception to the general rule of
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Common Sense May be Returning to Marriages With Weekday Weddings 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured
- August 7, 2026
Weddings are a joyous occasion, and I’ve heard of at least three in my social circles in the upcoming months. But two of these weddings are diverting from the norm of a weekend celebratory affair, choosing instead to hold their nuptials on a weekday. “A weekday?!” one might well say. “How inconsiderate! I can’t take
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Be the Politician You Wish to See in the World 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- August 7, 2026
We’re touchy when it comes to politics. “I liked insert [celebrity name], but then he became too political.” “Don’t talk politics at the table.” “I don’t think Christians should get political.” But when we say “politics,” what exactly are we talking about? What are the topics that have been banished from the banter at the
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The Benefits of Memorization in the Age of AI 0
- Culture, Education, Featured
- August 6, 2026
In 2014, I was a prompter for a local homeschool poetry festival. With copies of all the poems to be recited, from pre-K kids to highschoolers, I sat in the front row, ready to provide a word or a line from the poem if someone on stage lost their train of thought. That evening, I
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Why Your Political Opponents Might Not Be as Extreme as You Think 1
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- August 5, 2026
Political polarization in America – what drives it? One often-overlooked factor is simple misunderstanding – or, to use the technical term, the “perception gap.” This term refers to the significant gap between what one party thinks the other party believes and what it actually believes. According to “Perception Gap” research conducted by More in Common (MiC), a
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