Culture

Forming a Family Huddle 6
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 3, 2025
Lots of parents these days feel swamped by the obligations of work and family. For many, it’s a balancing act in which all too often the tightrope breaks and chaos ensues. Work suddenly shifts into high-paced 12-hour days, and family life suffers. School with its academics and extracurricular activities eats up time spent at home.
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Patriotism Is Cool Again 14
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- July 2, 2025
“Young people these days” get an awful bad rap. Boomers and Generation X tend to view Generation Z and millennials as immature political activists glued to their flickering screens, ungratefully destroying the country which older generations tirelessly built. But a lot could be said about the boomer mind’s unfair assessment of young people’s beliefs, financial
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Beyond the Box Score: The Stats That Really Matter in Youth Baseball 18
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 1, 2025
As my son Eric wraps up his third year of travel baseball, I realize I have different expectations than most dads. Many dads focus on our sons’ performance on the field, with little tolerance for mistakes. A boy will make an error, and some dad will scream in disgust — “That can’t happen! It can’t
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Do Yourself a Favor and Memorize a Poem 18
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- June 30, 2025
Several times a year I require my students to memorize a poem. Sometimes I choose for them (say, “Death Be Not Proud,” by John Donne). Sometimes I hand them an anthology and let them choose. I don’t explain rhyme scheme or poetic devices. I only ask that the students know the meaning of every word
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An Ode to Amateur Recitals 25
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 27, 2025
Sitting in my winter coat, a Styrofoam cup of tea in hand, I listened in awe as the orchestra on stage finished Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter.” Nearby, several friends of mine sat in similar joyous awe, taking in the music. This was a regular Friday or Saturday evening occurrence during my college years. Thanks to the
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How We Undermine Parents From Cradle to Grave 23
- Culture, Family, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 26, 2025
A few years ago, some friends of mine had their seventh child. At home. By themselves. No expert help. Things weren’t supposed to happen that way, but there was literally “no room at the inn” (hospital) when the time came for the baby to be born, and baby wasn’t about to be put on a
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