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Growing Old With Gratitude 21
- Culture, Family, Featured, Health
- October 30, 2025
Now that I’ve spent a few years as what we euphemistically call a senior citizen, I’ve discovered that the autumn of life isn’t so bad. I’ve also learned that all that talk about “old age is not for sissies” is junk. Sissy or not, the years keep on passing. You want to see an example
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Yes, What You Wear to Church Does Matter 0
- Family, Culture, Featured, MomThink, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 29, 2025
“Does your mom let you wear jeans to church?” So spoke a family friend who was babysitting me and my siblings many years ago when our parents were away for the weekend. I had come downstairs that Sunday morning wearing jeans, a sweater, and a scarf. “Yes,” I said without hesitation. I thought her question
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Men, Build Something 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Western Civilization
- October 29, 2025
Not long ago, a certain meme multiplied across social media platforms involving clips of women asking the men in their lives how often they thought about the Roman Empire. The women in these clips were surprised and bemused when the men replied that they thought about the Roman empire frequently, sometimes multiple times daily. I found the
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‘Truth and Treason’ and the Power of Standing up to One’s Own 0
- Featured, Culture, Entertainment, History, International, Politics, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2025
It’s never easy to admit when you’re wrong – especially when it means standing up to your own people. In the opening scenes of “Truth & Treason,” we see a young Helmuth Hübener craft his “patriotic statement.” It’s 1941, in Hamburg, Germany, and Hübener’s statement is the 16-year-old’s final task to obtain an internship at
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The Canary in the Coal Mine of Culture 3
- Culture, Featured, History, International, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2025
This past month has made me aware that the anti-Zionism and the anti-Semitic bigotry that have infected our news media and college campuses have trickled down into my own community. In one conversation, for instance, a good friend and fellow Catholic almost 50 years younger than I, stunned me with revelations about some of her
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Why You Should Invite Children to Your Wedding 0
- Family, Culture, Featured, MomThink, Western Civilization
- October 27, 2025
Two years ago, my wedding day went south when a young child pulled the fire alarm a couple hours into the reception, forcing everyone to evacuate as we waited for the fire station to turn it off. It was raining. My dress was soaked, my hair was ruined, and for a minute I thought my
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