Culture

Most Millennials Say They’ll Be Millionaires Someday. Is Their Optimism Misplaced?0
- Culture
- May 16, 2019
Millennials are revolutionizing the economy, introducing new ways of doing business into the market, which is helping the unemployed and underemployed pay their bills. But despite their contribution, millennials are also drowning in debt — failing to pay off their student and auto loans. Despite this reality, if you ask millennials today whether they’ll ever
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Two Ways of Dying 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2019
Editor’s note: The world recently lost philosopher and humanitarian Jean Vanier. Among Vanier’s many accomplishments is the founding of L’Arche, an organization and community which fostered the dignity and personhood of disabled individuals through personal relationships with “non-disabled peers.” One of the individuals involved in L’Arche was Jim Skerl, the man featured in the piece
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Where Are the Good Christian Men?1
- Culture
- May 15, 2019
Today in Sydney I met Anna Hitchings, who is handling media for me on this week-long trip to Australia. She’s a Catholic journalist who caused a big stir here last week with this article wanting to know where in the heck are the Christian men worth dating? Excerpts: We are living in a unique time in history.
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In Demonizing Our Opponents, We Only Demonize Ourselves 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2019
A long-time friend, John, has a wonderful knack for talking to strangers. Like anyone over fifty, he has taken his share of life’s blows and has the dents in his armor to prove it. Unlike some who grow old, however, John has retained a genuine curiosity about people. Recently, we were driving through town when
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How the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Are Driving Society’s Civic Decline 1
- Culture
- May 15, 2019
Polling in the U.S. reveals an all-time high of those who identify as religious “nones,” individuals who claim no allegiance to any faith. Many of the “nones” are part of a growing group of Americans who declare they are “spiritual but not religious.” And many in this group fall into the millennial age group or younger
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Daenerys Targaryen: A Cautionary Tale for Feminists 1
- Culture
- May 14, 2019
This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season Eight. Hands up if you’ve ever encountered some variant of the phrase “Yass, Queen! Slay!” “Slaying,” a term usually applied to bold, powerful, unapologetically ambitious feminist icons like Beyoncé and Rihanna, describes the activities of an independent woman who takes what she wants in life no
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