Blog 3 Columns

Happiness: You Might Be Thinking All Wrong About It 0
- Philosophy
- September 14, 2017
“Am I happy?” On first consideration, this is a seemingly healthy, self-reflective question that almost all of us frequently ask ourselves. But experience has shown that the search for an affirmative answer to this question is also the cause of much anxiety, frustration, depression, and envy in modern society. And perhaps that’s because, according to
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Gender Dysphoria Treatments are Not Based on Scientific Method, Says Pediatrician 0
- Culture
- September 14, 2017
With individuals such as Caitlyn Jenner and TLC’s Jazz Jennings dominating headlines in recent years, the idea of transgenderism has launched to the forefront of public thought. This increased visibility has in turn spurred conversations about bathrooms, puberty-blocking drugs, and the idea of children transitioning into the opposite sex at a very young age. Public
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Diocletian’s Great Persecution of Christians: How it Began 1
- Education
- September 14, 2017
The rise of Christianity in Rome was neither linear nor neat. At various times, it was met with resistance and bloodshed. Yet prior to the rise of Emperor Diocletian (244 A.D. – 311 A.D.), Christians had lived relatively free of state persecution for many decades, a period Eusebius called “the little peace of the Church.”
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Can a Christian Serve as a Judge Anymore?0
- Politics
- September 14, 2017
Earlier this month, during a judicial confirmation hearing for 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Barrett, who is a Catholic law professor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., questioned whether Barrett could be a Christian and a judge at the same time: Why is it that so many of us on this side have this
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Why Do We Encourage Gender Specific Clothes for Transgender Kids, but Gender Neutral Clothes for Straight Kids?0
- Culture
- September 13, 2017
For years, fashion industries have been trying to tell us what we should and should not wear. Hence, when the fashion industry decides it must market clothes that are PC, it stands to reason that the masses have no choice but to follow suit and dress accordingly. Such a scenario has most recently been on
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Why C.S. Lewis Would Have Sided with Today’s Cursive Writing Supporters 0
- Culture
- September 13, 2017
In the last several years, one of the more contentious education debates has revolved around cursive writing. Supporters of cursive often argue that learning long-hand is essential to reading our founding documents and other important bits of nostalgia, such as grandma’s recipe for rhubarb pie. The opposing side suggests that modern times call for modern
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What Zhang Knows that Johnny Doesn’t 3
- Education
- September 13, 2017
China uses methods of teaching that would be scandalous in the U. S. Only thing is, they work. In a Wall Street Journal article, Lenora Chu explained what happened when she sent her child to school in Shanghai, China. As an American living in China, Chu decided to send her son to a local public
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The Thucydides Quote in ‘Wonder Woman’: Is it Legit?0
- Entertainment
- September 13, 2017
As readers know, I saw Wonder Woman with my children earlier this year. It’s a great movie—we’ve already purchased it on Apple TV—but something has been gnawing at me for a while. At one point in the movie, Gen. Ludendorff offers a rather dark take on human nature. “Peace is only an armistice in
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The Rise of the ‘Politics of Feeling’1
- Culture
- September 13, 2017
The Claremont Review of Books has long been one of my favorite literary pleasures. For years, it was one of the few print publications I’d read cover to cover. A recent article published there, written by Charles U. Zug, details what Zug describes as the rise of “the Politics of Feeling.” The cause of
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Happiness: You Might Be Thinking All Wrong About It 0