Blog 3 Columns

Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women 0
- Culture
- December 22, 2015
A fascinating article in The New York Times reporting on attempts to assimilate Muslim immigrants explodes the idea of multiculturalism and unwittingly reveals the hypocrisy of the modern, liberal society. Tolerance and acceptance, equality, moral relativism, these have become the trademarks of much of the West’s modern culture. Yet, while many do want tolerance and
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Is it ‘Revolutionary Millennialism’?0
- Culture
- December 22, 2015
Writing about Charles Dicken’s Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty, Myron Magnet digs into one of the deeper impulses that animates man: The desire to be God. Magnet uses the term “revolutionary millennialism” to describe what happens when that individual desire is found on a mass scale. The term itself is actually
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Good, simple advice for Christmas 0
- Culture
- December 22, 2015
There’s a popular quote attributed to the author G.K. Chesterton that’s been floating around the social media world that seems quite applicable for not only Christmas, but the entire year. “There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” Unfortunately, when you
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8 Penetrating Quotes from Will Durant 0
- History
- December 22, 2015
1. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” 2. “The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.” 3. “It is a mistake to think that the
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“Pagans” May Not Want to Call Themselves That 0
- History
- December 22, 2015
Today is the winter solstice, and though it’s the day with the least amount of daylight, it happens to be one of the most visible days for modern pagans. The term “pagan” is increasingly self-applied by those today who are seeking to revive ancient nature worship and its rituals. However, modern pagans may
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When It Comes to Job Qualifications, Are Skills More Important than a College Degree?0
- Culture
- December 21, 2015
Instead of immediately pursuing college when I graduated from high school, I took several years off and focused on other things, one of which was operating my own business. Yet when I sought to apply that business experience in another job, I found that I could only receive minimum wage because of my lack of
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Two-Parent Households at an All-Time Low 0
- Culture
- December 21, 2015
In addition to being viewed as a season of religious devotion, Christmas has also become a time of family traditions and togetherness. But will those traditions and togetherness continue if the American family disappears? According to the Pew Research Center’s latest report, there has been a 20 percentage point drop in two-parent families in the
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Scientists Still Need to Study the Liberal Arts 0
- Education
- December 21, 2015
Modern education tends to focus on STEM — the acronym for “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math” — to the exclusion of the liberal arts. But when it comes to education, it shouldn’t be an “either-or” between the sciences and the liberal arts but a “both-and.” The liberals arts offer an indispensable foundation for those who
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Even If You’re Not Religious, This is Cool 0
- December 21, 2015
Even if you’re not religious, for the sake of cultural literacy, it’s still important to possess a knowledge of the world religions. Moreover, those who are non-religious can still admire the beauty of certain religious art and customs. Such admiration might be appropriate when considering the positioning of the feasts of Christmas and the
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Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women 0