Culture

The Plague of Presentism 12
- Culture, Politics
- September 13, 2022
Presentism: Now there’s one ugly duckling of a word. My online dictionary defines presentism as “uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.” To my surprise, the 40-year-old dictionary on my shelf also contains this eyesore of a word and definition. To be present,
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It’s Time to Root Students in Fertile Soil 0
- Education, Culture, Family, Religion
- September 12, 2022
I’ve been doing a lot of gardening and landscaping lately, building new flower beds and filling them with salvaged soil, edging them with rocks and planting them. I’ve moved plants to give them more suitable growing conditions—more or less light, or wind, or exposure to street traffic, depending on their sensitivities—plants sort of tell you
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Our Civilizational Crisis Is Really a Crisis in Parenting 2
- Family, Culture, Entertainment
- September 12, 2022
“It’s tough to be alive now. I think societal collapse is in the air, it smells like it, and without being pretentious, I hope that’s why these movies matter because that’s the role of the artist is to shine a light on what’s going on.” That’s Timothée Chalamet, an up-and-coming American actor musing on Bones & All, the latest
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Pandemic ‘Learning Loss’ Actually Reveals More About Schooling Than Learning 3
- Education, Culture, Politics
- September 12, 2022
There are mounting concerns over profound learning loss due to prolonged school closures and remote learning. New data released last week by the U.S. Department of Education reveal that fourth-grade reading and math scores dropped sharply over the past two years. Fingers are waving regarding who is to blame, but the alleged “learning loss” now being exposed
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Queen Elizabeth’s 21st Birthday Celebration Is a Model for Today’s Youth 3
- Culture, International, Western Civilization
- September 9, 2022
The most memorable speech that Queen Elizabeth II ever gave was five years before her coronation. It was delivered in 1947 on a radio broadcast from South Africa, where she was on a royal tour with her parents and her sister. The occasion was her 21st birthday. Nowadays a 21st birthday is a milestone marking
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Waving Is Good for Us 0
- Culture
- September 9, 2022
America: Keep on waving. Hello! Goodbye! Welcome! Miss you already! And even: This Zoom meeting has come to an end. All of these deserve a wave, and we must resist the impulse to let the hand lie inert. For in truth, the wave keeps our humanity afloat. “Waving is good on so many levels,” says
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