Culture

Parents, You Can Sit This One Out 2
- Family, Culture
- August 26, 2022
The website Scary Mommy is always on top of parenting trends, and its latest discovery is “sittervising.” The not-exactly-groundbreaking idea is for a parent to SIT while their kid plays, rather than feeling obligated to jump in and toss the ball, be the snowman, or praise every single shovelful of sand the child gets to
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Reflections on the Reality We’re Facing 11
- Family, Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- August 25, 2022
In his Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell recounts an incident in which he and Johnson were discussing philosopher Bishop Berkeley’s idea that matter was non-existent, that everything in the world is ideal. When Boswell says that the bishop’s hypothesis cannot be refuted, Johnson kicks a large stone and says, “I refute him thus.” Philosophers
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Race Matching and Other Crazy Theories Destroying Our Schools 0
- Education, Culture, Politics
- August 24, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis nails it when he demands that teachers “educate children, not indoctrinate.” As schools reopen, a war is raging to control the minds of students. On one side, the nation’s largest teachers unions are pushing race consciousness, demonization of American history, and graphic sex education, even in elementary school. On the other side,
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Some Aspirin for Our Blues 5
- Culture
- August 23, 2022
How’re you feeling these days? Everything merry and bright? Sunshine on your shoulder and roses at your feet? If so, good for you. I mean that. Often I feel that way myself, walking on air and kissing the breeze with my smiles. When appropriate, and if you’re able, please spread some of that joy to
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Good Reading Is the Cure for Gullibility 3
- Culture, Education, Family, Literature
- August 22, 2022
The other day, a friend of mine posted on social media a picture of her three children, sitting in the living room, each with a nose in a book. She was having a proud-mom moment, noting that she couldn’t believe the day had finally come when all her children were able to read on their
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Of Laundry Lessons and College 3
- Education, Culture, Family
- August 22, 2022
Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And wild!) The president of Hamilton College, David Wippman, and his colleague, Cornell University American Studies professor Glenn C. Altschuler, have somehow been peeking in on the discussions parents are having online about their kids off at college. These Facebook groups can be truly helpful
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