Culture

Yes, We Have Ruined Childhood. But There’s Hope for Restoration.0
- Culture
- August 19, 2019
Over the weekend the New York Times published an article entitled, “We Have Ruined Childhood.” Author Kim Brooks states her premise bluntly: “To put it simply, our kids are not O.K.” Many of us would agree. We see it in the young faces around us and we read about it in the rising suicide rates
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When the Russians Came to Town: Reflections on Communism and Socialism 0
- Culture
- August 16, 2019
In the mid-1980s, when Ronald Reagan was president and the Soviet Union was fighting a losing battle in Afghanistan, my wife and I were running a bed and breakfast in Waynesville, North Carolina. One day, an executive from the Dayco Corporation, a manufacturer of rubber tubes and automotive hoses in the adjoining town of Hazelwood,
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The Reincarnation of America’s Most Infamous Dead Mall 1
- Culture
- August 16, 2019
AKRON, Ohio – Rolling Acres Mall in Akron opened in 1975. I was three years old. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of going to that mall. The mall had only been there for two years, but to a five year old in 1977, it was as permanent and impressive as the pyramids of Egypt.
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Civics 101 for Flyover Country 0
- Culture
- August 16, 2019
Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes, an American of African descent who has “only ever voted for democrats,” made news in June when he testified in front of a House Subcommittee against reparations for slavery. One lady applauded him on social media, saying “there are so many youth (sic) that want to speak out … but fear
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The Argument Beneath the Surface of Gun Control 0
- Culture
- August 15, 2019
The shock of three mass shootings in a week has prompted even the conservative newspaper The New York Post to call for the banning of what it calls “weapons of war” and President Trump to upset his base by tweeting that “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks.” Several Republicans have
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Ferris Bueller’s Vocation 0
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- August 15, 2019
In an attempt to confront the student loan debt bubble, most Democratic presidential candidates have promised some variant of “free” college, and Republicans are countering with their own proposals. Citing a statistic that the cost of a four-year degree doubled between 1986 and 2016, Marco Rubio proposes to regulate or privatize tuition funding sources. Given
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