Culture

Did We Make a Mistake in Removing Christianity From the Classroom?0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Religion
- December 5, 2025
Once upon a time, December was filled with Christmas pageants and programs, many of which took place in the local school auditorium. At the very least, such programs were filled with Christmas carols spelling out the story of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem; many of them – like the one depicted in the 1941 film, “Penny Serenade” –
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Looking for Beauty on Our Way to the Manger 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 4, 2025
This Thanksgiving, 36 members of my family – my children and grandchildren, a nephew and his wife, and an in-law still raw from the recent death of her husband – gathered in the kitchen and dining room of my daughter’s house. Following the mealtime blessing, we took turns expressing what we were thankful for, from
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Kids Don’t Need to Spend So Much Time in School 1
- Education, Culture, Family, Featured, Western Civilization
- December 3, 2025
When most people hear that my siblings and I graduated high school years ahead of normal, scored high on state-standardized tests, and attended top colleges and universities, they generally assume our schooling was extremely strict, long, and arduous. Our schooling was challenging, but it was never impossible. In fact, I realized only years later how
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Finding Freedom in a World of Chains 0
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 2, 2025
Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Chain of fools So ran the chorus to Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit song “Chain of Fools.” One hundred twenty years earlier, the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels proclaimed: “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!” The chains of Franklin’s song
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Why the ‘Rite of Passage’ Needs to Make a Comeback 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 1, 2025
A friend of mine recently relayed the story of how her daughter asked why she couldn’t get her ears pierced like her older sister. “Well, she’s more responsible,” was the gist of my friend’s reply to her daughter, “and when you learn to be more responsible, you can get yours pierced too.” Lo and behold,
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How To Get Rich Without Trying 0
- Culture, Economics, Education, Featured
- November 28, 2025
One of the most frustrating signals of something wrong is always the price of a gallon of milk. I ran into our local grocery store last night to buy two gallons for $3. I remember back when that price was only $1.50. It’s not my imagination, either. According to this resource, monthly grocery costs have risen
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