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  • Remembering the Moral Lessons of Mayberry

    Remembering the Moral Lessons of Mayberry4

    When I was in the third grade, every day after school I walked to the beauty shop where my mother worked and usually stayed there until she closed for the day. There was a small black-and-white television set in the front of the shop, and after I dealt with any homework, I got to spend

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  • Yale Professor Proposes Mass Suicide for the Elderly

    Yale Professor Proposes Mass Suicide for the Elderly1

    With a fertility rate of about 1.3 children per woman and a third of the population over 65, it seems inevitable that some Japanese should begin thinking about institutionalized euthanasia. One out of five people live alone and Japan has the highest proportion of people suffering from dementia. A film on the topic, Plan 75, was Japan’s

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  • Comrades in Arms: Friendship and Tough Times

    Comrades in Arms: Friendship and Tough Times1

    Feeling depressed by the state of the nation? Sucked under by the daily torrent of negative news? Powerless in the grip of forces greater than yourself? Join the crowd. In October 2022, the American Psychological Association (APA) released data showing that 70 percent of adults don’t believe their government cares about their well-being and that

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  • Reasons for Rural Rejoicing

    Reasons for Rural Rejoicing1

    People living in our small town have two hobbies: cruising endless circles around the town square and complaining about living in our small town. Generations of residents in our community have been initiated into grumbling as a rural rite of passage. But, as the Bible says, “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.

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  • Burnt Roses: 5 Tips for Valentine’s Day and Reviving Romance

    Burnt Roses: 5 Tips for Valentine’s Day and Reviving Romance0

    In “The Ugly Reason Why Romance Is Dead and Gone,” Holly Riordan’s revelations drive a stake straight through Cupid’s heart: We want to appear more laid-back than we actually are, so we keep our emotions bottled up. We think it’s cooler to hate on Valentine’s Day and on marriage and on love in general than

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  • Fantasy Land: The Downfall of Disney and Innocence Lost

    Fantasy Land: The Downfall of Disney and Innocence Lost2

    Long ago, when my siblings and I were children, The Wizard of Oz appeared once a year on network television. That was a special event in our household. My mother closed down the dining room for supper, put up TV trays in the den, served up what were then rather exotic TV dinners, and turned

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