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Why Friendship Is Essential to Cultural Renewal28
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 20, 2025
Suppose you want to change the world for the better. Where to begin? One place is friendship. We are, as Aristotle teaches, social animals, designed to live in community, to build societies where each plays a role as part of a whole, and to find meaning through relationships. Aristotle suggests in the “Nicomachean Ethics” that eudaimonia
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Making Good Men Is Not Rocket Science21
- Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 20, 2025
In “Meditations: Book X:16,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” For several decades now, our culture has served as a battleground over the meaning of manhood. Some attack males for displaying “toxic masculinity,” or advocate that men become more like women, expressing
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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ – Poster Child of Deconstructionism24
- Entertainment, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- August 19, 2025
For every version that rolls out, “Jesus Christ Superstar” merits accusations of blasphemy. The latest version, performed in early August at the Hollywood Bowl, is no exception. But this blasphemous rock opera should also receive criticism for its artistic failure. Not surprisingly, it gets resounding praise instead, lauded for its uneven, wild, challenging nature. “It’s
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Speaking of Conspiracy Theories31
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- August 18, 2025
There’s not a cloud to be seen as I drive with my seven-year-old son – apart from the five unnatural lines left behind by planes in a grid pattern, that is. “Why do people want to control the weather?” my son ponders aloud, looking up at the unnatural lines. Weeks prior, we saw similar trails
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The Debt We Owe to Suffering41
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- August 15, 2025
In L. B. Cowan’s “Streams in the Desert,” a book of meditations given me by a friend, a recent entry has this line: “Who can estimate how much we owe to our suffering and pain?” That’s a sentiment that runs against the American grain in this century. In 2023, for instance, some 60 million Americans sought treatment
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AI and the Crisis of the Modern Graduate43
- Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 14, 2025
Gen Z has been sold a bill of lies. Most of the generation was born into the “Learn to Code” public information campaign. Tech moguls, celebrities, and even U.S. presidents poured funding and influence into an effort to create more computer programmers. Students were told they would get six-figure salaries for entry level jobs after graduating
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The Larger the Family, the Greater the Gift33
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 13, 2025
The U.S. fertility rate dropped to an all-time low in 2024, according to recent CDC data. Our country’s fertility rate now stands at fewer than 1.6 births per woman, well below the 2.1 children per woman needed to achieve population replacement. Effectively, this means that we’re unable to replace – let alone grow – our population
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The World Needs Gen Z to Join the Fight42
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 12, 2025
In “Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?” Eli George and Jonathan Haidt examine the effects of social media and the online culture on members of Gen Z, individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” and George, a member of Gen Z, wanted to hear from young people who disagree with
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An Ode to Simple Meals38
- Culture, Economics, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 11, 2025
At my bridal shower several summers ago, I was presented with a book of hand-written recipes cobbled together from the women I knew, and even those I didn’t, as several of my great-grandmother’s recipes made an appearance in the book, thanks to my aunt. That recipe book has been one of the greatest of my
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