Culture

Misleading Myths of Feminism Ignore the Human Heart 0
- Culture
- March 12, 2020
Two myths shared by feminism and the radical left have a major influence on contemporary culture. One is that the external problems of life are the most significant; the second, that men do the bad things. These are united by one underlying assumption: the public is more significant than the private. Yet some things are
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A Body Without a Soul: Is That the State of Our Culture?0
- Culture
- March 12, 2020
An older man with a Van Dyke beard often visits my favorite coffee shop. Eventually, a mutual friend introduced us. This gentleman, who once taught philosophy and served as president of a small Catholic college, began talking to me of Heidegger and Hegel, of various philosophical movements in the nineteenth century, and of capitalism and
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How Did American Schools Get Like This?0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
For much of America, the Midwest is a part of deplorable flyover country filled with hick farmers and blue-collar manufacturers who somehow conspired with the Russians to steal the 2016 election and put Donald Trump into the White House. Those of us who live here know that the Midwest is far from immune to the
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Greater Idaho Movement Shows Americans’ Shift Toward Decentralization 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho’s border westward to form a “Greater Idaho” that could also potentially include parts of Northern California. This petition mirrors a recent proposal in Virginia in which rural countries in the state would separate and join West Virginia in protest of Virginia’s latest push for gun
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The Three Rs: Let’s Pass Them Along to Our Young People 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2020
Room 241, a blog maintained by Portland’s Concordia University, reports these dismaying statistics regarding the current state of the Three Rs – reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic – in America. More than 30 million American adults cannot read, write, or do math above a third-grade level. Seventy-five percent of American prison inmates either never graduated from high school
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Healthy and Unhealthy Responses to ‘Mom Guilt’0
- Culture
- March 10, 2020
If you’re a mother, odds are you struggle with “mom guilt.” Even Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has admitted to feeling it at times. During a recent interview with the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, she described mom guilt as a “constant challenge.” When I get together with fellow mothers, we often discuss this issue. One regular response
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