Culture

Running Through Walls 15
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Health, Uncategorized
- July 8, 2025
“My heart feels like it’s going to jump out of my chest!” Eric yelled out as he stopped short of the finish line. “What?” “My heart! It’s never felt like that before! That’s why I stopped!” We were running laps after his indoor baseball practice. I was frustrated with his sprints during conditioning at the
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Patriotism Shouldn’t Be Partisan 13
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- July 7, 2025
In recent decades, patriotism has become partisan, a sentiment reserved for conservatives while frowned upon by the left. This distaste is spreading to those further on the right. They maintain a nationalist attitude, but discard patriotism as pointless. Yet to have a proper perspective on nationalism, patriotism is crucial, for it helps us have a
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Forming a Family Huddle 16
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 3, 2025
Lots of parents these days feel swamped by the obligations of work and family. For many, it’s a balancing act in which all too often the tightrope breaks and chaos ensues. Work suddenly shifts into high-paced 12-hour days, and family life suffers. School with its academics and extracurricular activities eats up time spent at home.
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Patriotism Is Cool Again 22
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- July 2, 2025
“Young people these days” get an awful bad rap. Boomers and Generation X tend to view Generation Z and millennials as immature political activists glued to their flickering screens, ungratefully destroying the country which older generations tirelessly built. But a lot could be said about the boomer mind’s unfair assessment of young people’s beliefs, financial
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Beyond the Box Score: The Stats That Really Matter in Youth Baseball 23
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 1, 2025
As my son Eric wraps up his third year of travel baseball, I realize I have different expectations than most dads. Many dads focus on our sons’ performance on the field, with little tolerance for mistakes. A boy will make an error, and some dad will scream in disgust — “That can’t happen! It can’t
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Do Yourself a Favor and Memorize a Poem 20
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature, Uncategorized
- June 30, 2025
Several times a year I require my students to memorize a poem. Sometimes I choose for them (say, “Death Be Not Proud,” by John Donne). Sometimes I hand them an anthology and let them choose. I don’t explain rhyme scheme or poetic devices. I only ask that the students know the meaning of every word
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