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Psychologist: ‘Authoritative Parenting’ is Best for Children 0
- Culture
- April 14, 2016
Several months ago, Dr. Leonard Sax made headlines when he proposed that the lack of discipline we see in America today is simply the surface symptom of a greater problem: the decline of parental authority. Dr. Sax’s theories were recently underscored by psychologist Lisa Damour in a New York Times piece on the benefits of
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The Virtues of Book Ownership 0
- Culture
- April 14, 2016
“Can you spare a dollar so I can buy this book?” I heard a man’s deep voice ask this question as I raced up a flight of stairs, speeding my way to the second floor of the local public library to drop off some overdue books. His voice was coming from the library’s “sale room”
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Huxley in Letter to Orwell: My Book Was Right 0
- Education
- April 14, 2016
Aldous Huxley and George Orwell wrote arguably the two most popular novels portending the West’s dystopian future. For decades, thinkers have opined on which of the two starkly distinct totalitarian nightmares–that of Huxley’s Brave New World or Orwell’s 1984–was more likely to come to pass (or, as some contend, had come to pass). What has garnered rather little
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The Limitations of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’0
- Politics
- April 14, 2016
“What is it you object to?” asked Syme. “You want to abolish Government?” “To abolish God!” said Gregory, opening the eyes of a fanatic. “The silly sentimentalists of the French Revolution talked of the Rights of Man! We hate Rights and we hate Wrongs. We have abolished Right and Wrong.” “And Right and Left,” said
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The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework 0
- Culture
- April 14, 2016
After rejecting the Christian moral framework that largely guided us for 1,500+ years, the post-modern West settled upon moral relativism in the mid- to late-20th century as the replacement. Now fifty years or more into the experiment, we’re seeing that it doesn’t work as well as we’d hoped. The logic of a relativistic society dictates
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My Kids Don’t Eat Organic. Here’s Why 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2016
Last summer my family joined a CSA (short for Community Supported Agriculture). We buy a share of a farm’s output over the season, pay up front, and receive a box of fruits and vegetables every week throughout the spring, summer and early fall. Part of our share includes picking a certain amount of fruits and
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