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Masculinity, Mixed-Signals, and the Male Retreat From Women0
- February 24, 2020
It’s official. Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault. #MeToo movers and shakers around the world can rejoice – as well they should – over the conviction of a man who committed inexcusable crimes. But while Weinstein deserves to be put away, has the movement his fall spawned gotten out of
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It’s Bernie’s Party Now0
- Politics
- February 24, 2020
It’s starting to dawn on people – not least of all Democrats running for president – that Bernie Sanders might win the Democratic presidential nomination. The longtime independent socialist senator from Vermont rolled up yet another early state win, this time a landslide victory in the Nevada caucuses. And he may have solved the problem that doomed his 2016
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Historic Iwo Jima Footage Shows Individual Marines Amid the Larger Battle0
- History
- February 24, 2020
When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima – if they think of it at all, 75 years later – they think of one image: Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest point. That moment, captured in black and white by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal
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Duchess Kate’s Advice for Raising Happy Kids0
- Culture
- February 24, 2020
The Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Middleton, has spoken publicly for the first time about her experiences of motherhood – and she’s remarkably down to earth. Kate’s comments on parenting were made in the context of a longer interview about early childhood development with the “Happy Mum, Happy Baby” podcast. While a podcast is a modern
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The Tulsa Race Massacre: A Mindless Rage of Collectivist Groupthink0
- Culture
- February 21, 2020
On June 1 of next year, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will mark the centennial of a catastrophe – an entirely man-made one. More specifically, an entirely thought-made one. It will be very painful to acknowledge. In its immediate aftermath, in fact, Tulsans of a few generations ago tried hard to ignore and forget it. But you
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The Truth About ‘Socialism’ as Told by Scandinavian Leaders0
- Economics
- February 21, 2020
It says a lot about the 2020 Democratic field when Michael Bloomberg’ defense of capitalism became a point of offense during his first presidential debate. “We’re not going to throw out capitalism,” Bloomberg said. “We’ve already tried that. Other countries tired that. It was called communism and it just didn’t work.” Senator Bernie Sanders, the self-described
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The Tradwife Movement Reminds Us of the Virtue of Service in Marriage0
- Culture
- February 21, 2020
In a culture that has championed feminism, the Women’s March, #MeToo, and national campaigns to close the gender pay gap, life as a full-time homemaker seems anything but progressive. And yet, the growing #TradWife social media movement celebrates the classic domestic female as its role model. The movement, often illustrated with 1950s posters of apple-cheeked
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The Benefits and Best Practices of Religious Parenting1
- Family
- February 21, 2020
Surveying the growing body of social science research helps bring greater clarity to the complex, and largely beneficial, interactions between religion and family life. The research also suggests evidence-based best practices for effectively integrating faith and family life, including religious-spiritual authenticity, nurturing parent-child relationships, balancing religious firmness and flexibility, and encouraging youth to have spiritual
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Land of the Free? Let’s Hope It Stays That Way0
- Culture
- February 21, 2020
This past week I attended a basketball game at a small, local college. Like many people, I put my right hand on my heart as we stood to sing the National Anthem. When we came to the line “The land of the free,” I found myself wondering what some of my fellow Americans thought about
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