Culture

Pushing the Pause Button on Profanity 0
- Culture
- December 1, 2021
While out on an evening walk in a local park, I heard a fellow walker coming down the path behind me, talking on his phone. His tone was even-keeled and calm … but it seemed like every fifth word was an expletive, uttered in the same calm manner. I cite this incident not because it’s
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How the Hallmark Channel Saved Christmas 0
- Culture
- November 30, 2021
While conservative media have spent the last few holiday seasons bemoaning the “War on Christmas,” one television network is actually doing something about it. Using the cultural weapons of heartwarming settings, wholesome plotlines, and endearing characters, the Hallmark Channel has spent the last decade vanquishing the enemies of Christmas, who now lie prostrate on the
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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: What a Different Era 0
- Culture
- November 24, 2021
(This story was originally published by Intellectual Takeout on November 22, 2017.) Thanksgiving is a quintessential American holiday. It is a holiday that in many ways requires some sense of the supernatural – whether we care to acknowledge it or not. Below you will find our first President’s proclamation of Thanksgiving in which his sense of
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‘We Gather Together’ in a Time of Oppression 0
- Culture
- November 22, 2021
I sat down at the piano the other night to get my fingers warmed up for a gathering at which I was supposed to play. Knowing that Thanksgiving was fast approaching, I flipped through a hymnal, searching for a few season-appropriate songs, and alighted on “We Gather Together.” As I played and sang, the words
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The False Masters of Morality 0
- Culture
- November 19, 2021
It became fashionable in the 18thcentury and through part of the Victorian Era for the well-to-do to visit the rudimentary insane asylums of that time. They would pay a fee to enter these institutions—London’s Bethlehem Hospital, eventually known as “Bedlam,” charged a shilling for these tours—to sneer and jest at the antics of the inmates.
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What’s in a Name: The Brandon Phenomenon 0
- Culture
- November 17, 2021
“Let’s go, Brandon!” By now, most readers know the meaning hidden in those three words. If you don’t, Google them or ask an acquaintance. I’m trying to avoid the F-bomb here. Throughout the fall, football stadiums across the country have reverberated with that chant and
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