Blog 3 Columns

Psychologist: What is the role of the father?0
- Culture
- November 20, 2017
Study after study shows the tremendously negative impact of not having a father present during childhood. While the damage is especially evident with boys, girls also suffer the consequences — hence the unfortunate phrase, “She has daddy issues.” Despite the significant evidence that biological fathers are critical to healthy childhood development, our culture doesn’t seem to
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Progress Comes Through Conflict?0
- Culture
- November 20, 2017
When we pontificate upon or dream of further human progress, it is often accompanied by utopian images of peace, equality, and tolerance. And yet if we look to the past to measure human progress we find not peace and equality, but rather conflict and intolerance. In The Devil’s Pleasure Palace, author Michael Walsh makes this
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Ivy League Prof Dishes on How to Get a Good College Education 0
- Education
- November 20, 2017
I recently revisited an article written by Jeffrey Hart some eleven years ago. Hart is an emeritus professor of English at Dartmouth College, and was a senior editor at National Review magazine back when that magazine was as concerned about culture as politics. He reminisces about a freshman composition course he taught at his Ivy League
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Canadian T.A. Reveals that Objective Truth is Not the Goal of Higher Education 0
- Culture
- November 20, 2017
Look at the majority of students in higher education today and one will come away with the idea that they are unable to handle debate or uncomfortable ideas. But Lindsay Shepherd is challenging that stereotype. Shepherd is a master’s student at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. As the teaching assistant in a class on critical
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5 Ways to Not Let Politics Ruin Thanksgiving 0
- Philosophy
- November 20, 2017
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‘I Love You Daddy’ is a Triumph of Relativism 0
- Culture
- November 20, 2017
When a New York Times story brought allegations of sexual harassment against vulgar-yet-brilliant comedian Louis C.K. last week, the theatrical distribution deal for I Love You, Daddy, a film he secretly wrote, directed, starred in, and edited last year, was quickly cancelled. I Love You, Daddy tells the story of Glen, a successful television
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We Need a New Elite 0
- Culture
- November 17, 2017
On the heels of learning that Harvey Weinstein is more likely a talented sexual predator than a Hollywood god, we find out that Bill O’Reilly settled a sexual harassment allegation for $32 million and that the prominent political journalist Mark Halperin is also alleged to have both sexually harassed and, perhaps, even assaulted young women
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Intolerance and Persecution Are Often Rational (Frighteningly So)0
- Culture
- November 17, 2017
At this time of year our thoughts naturally turn to the Pilgrim Fathers—those who came to the New World in order to escape religious persecution at home. Yet rarely do we stop to consider the logic of the persecutors. That last phrase seems to ring a false note; it’s commonly assumed that religious persecution has
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Famous Philosopher: 10 Books EVERYONE Should Read 0
- Education
- November 17, 2017
Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and the author of numerous books on logic, religion, and philosophy. Several years ago, in a speech at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, he recommended ten books everyone should read. They were written by two saints (one of whom was a philosopher), two philosophers
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Psychologist: What is the role of the father?0