Culture

There Is Greatness in the Past—Despite What Critical Theorists Try to Tell Us 2
- Culture
- April 6, 2022
I grew up as one of eight pugnacious boys in a family of 12 children. In a family this large, disagreements naturally arise, and Dad set up a boxing ring in the basement to empower us to settle our differences. The older brother got a lefthand boxing glove, the younger got two gloves—that was the
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Food Fight: We Made the Mess We’re Now In 0
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- April 5, 2022
“Essen!” the old man shouted at me when I refused his wife’s offer of seconds on my supper plate. “Immer essen!” My German was terrible, but I understood him: “Always eat!” It was 1978, and while staying with a friend in Switzerland, my wife Kris and I had met a
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How to Change Someone’s Mind 3
- Culture
- April 4, 2022
I was recently chatting with a group of people when the dialogue drifted to the question of what could be done about the problems in our society. One woman observed that solutions can’t come through force, but rather by “changing how people think.” I believe she’s right. After all, political and cultural wars are won
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Landing on the Right Side of the Tracks: Trades vs. College 0
- Culture
- April 1, 2022
One of the best things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is the changing educational landscape. Many parents are now homeschooling their children, realizing that doing so is not as daunting as they thought, while many other parents have seen the type of crummy curricula their children are being fed and are demanding that
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How Parents Can Fight and Defeat Critical Race Theory 1
- Culture
- March 31, 2022
Five years ago, hardly anyone knew what Critical Race Theory (CRT) was, but now the phrase is a common one in American households. The Marxist-based theory advocating a race-essentialist approach to education, law, public policy, and even health care, seeks to deconstruct the foundations of society and rebuild it as “antiracist,” while discriminating against whites
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Let’s Bring Back the Chief and Stop Littering 0
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- March 29, 2022
On a recent trip from Virginia to Indiana, the friend who was driving me commented on the trash alongside the expressways. With the exception of Route 30’s lightly traveled parts, he was right. Plastic bags, fast-food wrappers, beer bottles, and other debris uglified the roadways. The motel where we stayed
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