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Kanye West, Chic-Fil-A, and the Age of Authenticity8
- Culture
- November 21, 2019
One year ago, no one could have predicted that American Christians would hold Kanye West in higher esteem than Chick-fil-A. Yet the nation has seen two cultural transformations take place this week at the intersection of faith and commerce. Kanye West sang Gospel music to prisoners this weekend, as Chick-fil-A readied a statement that it was ending its partnership with several distinctly Christian charities.
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I Left England Because of Socialized Medicine. My Life Depended on It.0
- Culture
- November 21, 2019
Imagine strapping your infant child into a car seat, only to see his body suddenly jerk forward or backward, arms and legs stiffening, and eyes rolling back in the head. Alarm quickly turns to panic, which turns to frantic weaving through traffic to get to the hospital. Within minutes of arriving, the child is rushed
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“OK Boomer” Is the First Salvo of a Larger Generational Showdown0
- Culture
- November 21, 2019
According to Smithsonian Magazine, an Assyrian clay tablet from 2800 B.C. bears a gloomy inscription describing how the Assyrian youth were ruining civilization. “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents,” the
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The Rise and Rise of Modest Fashion0
- Culture
- November 20, 2019
One of my daily routines, which used to be common to many a suburbanite, is picking up a hard copy of the newspaper delivered to my door and to give it a quick scan before setting off to work. My newspaper is reputable enough, but it usually takes me only about ten minutes to see if
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It’s a Disservice to Urge Young People to Become Entrepreneurs0
- Culture
- November 20, 2019
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Education Is Not About Your ‘Lived Reality’0
- Culture
- November 20, 2019
Three years ago, I was smeared before all the students, professors, and staff members of Providence College, where I had taught since 1990. That was some 5,000 people. The authors of the smear were the president of the college, whose final term expires next spring, and the vice president, who will be taking over for
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Bring Back the Family Dinner0
- Culture
- November 20, 2019
Growing up, my parents put a premium on ensuring we had family dinners together almost every night. These dinners were times to check in on how we kids were doing in school, talk about problems, discuss sports, books, friends, and, starting in high school, politics as well. Although high school sports did cut down on
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Avoiding Stupidity in the Age of Pregnant and Period-Producing Men0
- Culture
- November 20, 2019
There are a lot of unbelievable things happening in our world today. So many, that it’s easy to ignore them as they whip by us like the Wicked Witch of the West’s hoard of flying monkeys. But some things are just too remarkable to ignore. The ACLU’s tweet for International Men’s Day is one of
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Triggered: An Experiment0
- Culture
- November 19, 2019
“When I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver.” Tonight, for no reason in particular, that line drifted up from the rubbish pit of my brain, that junk yard containing such bits and pieces of poetry learned in elementary school, admonitions from my mother, swimming pool songs from high school, and old Mustang
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