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Family Members Are Supposed to be a Burden on Each Other 1
- Uncategorized
- April 25, 2016
If you’re family, you burden each other. And that’s a good thing, once one understands what it means. This past weekend, First Things posted on Facebook an article they had originally published in 1991 entitled “I Want to Burden My Loved Ones.” That sounds awful, to be sure. But it was written by one of
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Edmund Burke on Manners 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
It took Edmund Burke a very little time to decide that French Revolutionary philosophy posed a massive threat to civilization and social stability throughout Europe. By the end of his life, eight years after the storming of the Bastille, his fears of Jacobin contagion had led him to ask for a secret grave, removed from
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Dress Codes, Women-Only Safe Spaces: This is Feminism?0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
Determining what constitutes an appropriately “feminist” position these days can be a confusing endeavor. For example: Does porn exploit women? Or does it liberate them? Depends who you ask. Two “feminists” might give different answers. You might get called a misogynist for even asking the question. It gets even more confusing when feminism comes into
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‘Alloparenting’ Is Not a Replacement for the Traditional Family 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2016
Is it good for parents to have lots of help raising their children? Often it is, and sometimes it’s even necessary. Of course, it depends on who’s helping, how they help, and why the help given is needed. But does it follow that the value of good help casts doubt on the benefits of being
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Why Shakespeare Is Still Relevant 0
- Education
- April 23, 2016
On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, all lovers of the beauties of the English language and all lovers of the glories of great literature will be in celebratory mode. Here at Aquinas College in Nashville we’re having an all-day Shakespeare Celebration with actors and academics brushing shoulders with college and high-school
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Why Gwyneth Paltrow is Wrong About Nearly Everything 1
- Culture
- April 22, 2016
I admit I laughed hard when I stumbled on this joke by Warren Holstein a few months ago: Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Year’s Resolutions: 1) Win war on gluten. 2) Expand Goop brand. 3) Condescend less to rabble. 4) Delete all Coldplay. I laughed so hard because the joke skewers so accurately. And we actually
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Why French Parents Are Still the Boss of Their Kids 2
- Culture
- April 22, 2016
Several years ago, a friend of mine told me about a fascinating book called French Kids Eat Everything. I finally had a chance to pick it up recently, and so far, it’s an interesting read. In essence, the book describes how one North American family moved to France and soon discovered that picky eating and
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The Original Pinocchio Story was Cray Cray 0
- Entertainment
- April 22, 2016
Recently while hunting for children’s books with my 4-year-old daughter, I picked up a copy of Pinocchio for a dollar. That night for fun I began to thumb through the book. Now, I recall hearing at some point that Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio was not quite the charming, good-natured lad we all remember in Walt Disney’s happy
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Prof: Why the charter school debate has moved beyond ‘better’ or ‘worse’0
- Education
- April 22, 2016
The charter school debate is getting even more heated. Recently, charter opponents launched a campaign from the steps of the Massachusetts State House to warn that charter schools were “sapping resources from the traditional schools that serve most minority students, and creating a two-track system.” Similar opposition has been voiced by critics across the country as well. So when
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