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And the Key to a Happy Marriage Is…2
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- February 13, 2025
If you’re like me, the older you get, the more you see friends divorce … friends that seemed like the perfect couple … friends that you didn’t think were ever in danger of splitting. Sadly, the reason given for these divorces all too often runs along the lines of a lack of happiness – a
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Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb2
- Education, Featured, History, Uncategorized
- February 12, 2025
The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the Nation’s Report Card, came out in January, and student reading scores slipped once again. About 40% of fourth-graders and 33% of eighth-graders scored below the test’s basic level. Although states like Alabama provided bright spots in this grim picture with improvement in reading and
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Make Sports Apolitical Again2
- Culture, Politics, Uncategorized
- February 11, 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles trounced the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, and as always with the annual event, the national conversation was as much about the advertisements as the game. I was pleasantly surprised, amid our current political rancor, to note some messaging promoting patriotism, unity and civility, appeals
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The Simplest–but Most Overlooked–Way to Renew Our Culture31
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized
- February 11, 2025
Last week, President Trump made an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Trump’s speech contained a number of comments on religion–even hinting at his own deepened faith since the bullet grazed his ear in July 2024–but actually didn’t focus much on the breakfast’s titular object: prayer. Trump may not place much emphasis on
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Do You Want a Revolution? Sing.2
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- February 10, 2025
On April 17, 2007, the day after 32 people were killed in the Virginia Tech mass shooting, thousands of students stood in the center of campus for a candlelight vigil. Two trumpeters played “Taps,” while a few of those gathered sang “Amazing Grace.” Apart from that, the crowd was silent. In the aftermath of the tragedy,
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Candles of Hope in America’s Growing Counterculture1
- Culture, Featured, Uncategorized
- February 10, 2025
“America is literally committing suicide right in front of our eyes,” Michael Snyder says in his article, “‘Civilizations Die From Suicide’: Here are 16 Signs That Our Society Is Doing Exactly That.” The numbers Snyder cites do indeed point to a precipitous decline of the land of the free and the brave. Our suicide rates have
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JD Vance’s Three Tips for Restoring Honor in our Society1
So much attention has been devoted to President Donald Trump and the breakneck speed at which he’s making changes in our nation’s government the last few weeks that many may have missed something that his second in command, JD Vance, did. Tucked away on an obscure little corner of X, Vance left this unassuming note:
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The Media Is Trying to Make You Mad11
If you’ve ever spent more than fifteen minutes on any social media or news platform, you’ve probably encountered “rage bait” content. Misleading headlines, out-of-touch opinions, and nonsensical commentary can be intentionally ridiculous, designed to make viewers click, view, and write scathing rebuttals in the comments section. Like it or not, the more it annoys us,
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Being Present With Our Children5
Being present and engaged with our children in everyday life is difficult. Our attention is being pulled in a thousand directions! Especially in the modern digital age, parents face more distractions and more demands on our limited time than ever before. It’s enough for parents to feel like throwing up our hands and giving up.
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