Culture

Our Culture Is Wrecking Our Country 3
- Culture, Family
- January 11, 2023
America is racist. This lesson is drummed into us through our schools and the mainstream media. A century ago, much of the racism in America was aimed at blacks. Bigots condemned them as shiftless, lazy, and violent. These days, many on the left now target whites as evil, greedy, and privileged. Both viewpoints are nakedly
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What Happened to Our Curiosity?5
- Culture
- January 10, 2023
“Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.” As all ailurophiles know, cats are intensely inquisitive creatures, knocking over a glass of water as they explore a tabletop or checking out the backyard like a feline Sherlock Holmes. Humans are by nature just as nosey, prying around in all sorts of ways to solve
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Finding the Value in Hard Work 0
- Culture
- January 9, 2023
When I was a boy, my parents instilled in me the value of hard work—the hard way. After school, I, like many other kids, was expected to help around the house. Lawn mowing, weeding, cleaning, and other household activities defined my weekday afternoons. Homework followed chores, and only after that could I hang out with
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Shared Faith: How to Bridge America’s Racial Division 0
- Politics, Culture
- January 6, 2023
The woke antiracism espoused by many of our cultural elites constitutes little more than a remade racism. The view that bridging the racial divide in American society requires blaming all racial inequalities on white privilege and structural racism cannot possibly end in racial reconciliation. It purports that non-whiteness is a righteous position of vindictive judgment
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American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?36
- Culture, Economics
- January 4, 2023
For Christmas this year, my daughter gave me an unusual gift. She hired a service to deep clean my house for four hours. At 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, a small car pulled into my driveway. Two men and a woman got out and removed buckets and supplies from the trunk, and we introduced
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Three Steps to Make the Best of 2023 5
- Culture, Philosophy
- December 30, 2022
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So begins A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens’ novel set during the French Revolution. After three years of pandemic, lockdowns, riots, two disputed elections, a war in Europe, skyrocketing inflation, cultural earthquakes, and other tribulations, it’s no wonder many Americans believe we
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