Culture

Rediscovering the Heart of Christmas 3
- Culture
- December 21, 2022
The celebration of Christmas has become a mess. For decades, the Grinches among us have launched their attacks on religious holidays. In our schools, for instance, Christmas pageants, singing carols, and any reference to “Christmas break” have long become verboten—we are told, to keep state and religion separate. The bleed over from these policies has
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The Culture War: Why the Right Must Fund Art 1
- Culture, Politics
- December 19, 2022
Elon Musk recently asked the internet what they thought of the culture war. One shrewd person suggested that the right needs to focus on funding artists, rather than just politicians. I think the Right needs to start funding more artists, filmmakers and writers instead of politicians and super-PACs.You don't win a naval war without any
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Musings From the ‘Messiah’1
- Politics, Culture, Religion
- December 19, 2022
One of my favorite Christmas events is the performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Although I almost wore out my cassette tape version of the “Messiah” listening to it in my teens, hearing it again live, in the midst of soaring ceilings and impressive stone carvings, never fails to
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Whatever Happened to Saint Nicholas?3
- Culture, Religion
- December 13, 2022
How did a fourth-century, heretic-slapping bishop from Southern Turkey wind up being a fat, Coca-Cola-swigging American elf? Saint Nicholas was born into a wealthy Christian family in the third century. His parents died in a plague, and having inherited the family fortune, he decided to obey the radical call of Christ and give it to
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For the Love of J.S. Bach and Johnny Cash, Give Us Some Real Music 14
- Culture
- December 12, 2022
As I type these words, I’m sitting on a bench outside of a Hampton Inn in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s just before 5 a.m., and as I’m an early riser these days, I came to the lobby and breakfast lounge to do some work. There, the clerk informed me that the lobby was closed until 6
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Jennyfer’s Story: Better Off Dead 2
- Culture, Politics
- December 12, 2022
Every day doctors kill about 40 Canadians. The government euphemism for this is “Medical Assistance in Dying”. Under Canada’s euthanasia legislation MAiD is open to anyone who is experiencing “unbearable physical or mental suffering from your illness, disease, disability or state of decline that cannot be relieved under conditions that you consider acceptable”. A Vancouver woman named Jennyfer Hatch
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