Culture

Overturning ‘Roe v. Wade’ Has Already Saved 32,000 Babies 2
- Culture, Featured
- December 5, 2023
You know there’s something to celebrate when The New York Times is forced to report in its headline: “The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.” The number of infant lives saved by last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision
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7 Forgotten Christmas Traditions to Bring Back 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2023
Tradition is the cumulative experience of thousands of human lives. It is the conclusions reached by countless ancestors who tested what it meant to live well. Unfortunately, we are losing many of our traditions and their accompanying wisdom, abandoning the practices by which we speak to the past, and the past speaks to us. One
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What Is Advent and Why Does It Matter?0
- Culture, Featured, Religion
- December 4, 2023
Sunday, December 3 marks the beginning of Advent for 2023. But what exactly is Advent, and why does it matter? Advent comes from the Latin adventus, which means “coming.” In simple terms, Advent is the period on the church calendar directly preceding Christmas. Within the Christian worldview, Advent is a special time of preparation and
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Some Sunshine in This Early Winter: Good News Near and Far 1
- Culture, Politics
- November 30, 2023
Every day brings another storm of bad news. More corruption in high places, all too often unpunished. Wars and rumors of wars. The ongoing failure of our large cities to protect their residents and of the federal government to protect our borders. Collapsing public education, collapsing morals, widespread ennui. Catastrophic declines in physical and mental
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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year – Authentic – Reflects Growing Concerns Over AI’s Ability to Deceive and Dehumanize 0
- Culture, Science
- November 30, 2023
When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was “authentic,” it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Even then, the dictionary publisher was late to the game. In a lexicographic form of Christmas creep, Collins English Dictionary announced its 2023 word of the year, “AI,” on
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The Selfishness of the World-Saving Antinatalists 9
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- November 30, 2023
Have you encountered the antinatalists yet? This is a growing phenomenon in contemporary America, especially among the young. We might call them the “No Children Movement,” as they advocate a rejection of parenthood as a conscious political act, saying it is morally wrong to have children. You have only to plug the search term antinatalist
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