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David McCullough on What’s Wrong with History Education Today 3
- Education
- October 24, 2016
Some of you have read historian David McCullough’s books, which include 1776, John Adams, and Truman. At the very least, you’ve seen his books on the shelves at Barnes & Noble. In an interview conducted by the Wall Street Journal in 2011, McCullough had some very interesting critiques of modern history education, which I share below.
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In Defense of Chores 0
- Culture
- October 24, 2016
While scrolling down my timeline I saw this, an article that describes pictures of a six-year-old boy doing chores—cooking, cleaning, you know, normal stuff. But this particular album went viral because the mother created it to teach the young boy a lesson, namely, that chores are “not just for women.” Yes, I know, this heavy-handed
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‘Boys Are Stupid; Girls Are Awesome’ – Most TV Shows & Movies Today 0
- Culture
- October 24, 2016
Most kids’ shows today are pretty much twaddle. However, in moments of exhaustion and weakness, I let my boys watch the occasional age-appropriate movie or TV show. But I usually find myself having some ‘splainin to do with them afterwards. That’s because, more often than not, they have just watched something in which the female
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Christianity Needs to Clean Up its Own House 0
- Culture
- October 24, 2016
Comments that one reads or hears from many Christians often revolve around the term “truth”. The “truth” is generally presented as synonymous with Christianity and is used as a way to push back against modern relativism. But what is forgotten is the inherent relativism of modern Christianity. According to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, there are now
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Psychologist: What Happened to Common-Sense Parenting?1
- Culture
- October 24, 2016
A friend of mine recently had child number three. After the great event, this friend mentioned that the births of one’s own children are the most amazing moments of life, regardless of whether or not the child is the first or the tenth. Because children are precious treasures, every parent is eager to do the
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Being Moral Means You Can Never Do Enough 0
- Entertainment
- October 21, 2016
‘I didn’t do enough.’ This is a conclusion we all hope to avoid, especially as our lives close. It is, perhaps, the ultimate regret. In the final scene of the movie Schindler’s List (1993), this regret is Oskar Schindler’s. Looking into the faces of the hundreds of Jews he saved from the Nazi concentration camps,
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