Culture

Do Yourself a Favor and Memorize a Poem 22
- 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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An Ode to Amateur Recitals 29
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 27, 2025
Sitting in my winter coat, a Styrofoam cup of tea in hand, I listened in awe as the orchestra on stage finished Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter.” Nearby, several friends of mine sat in similar joyous awe, taking in the music. This was a regular Friday or Saturday evening occurrence during my college years. Thanks to the
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How We Undermine Parents From Cradle to Grave 33
- Culture, Family, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 26, 2025
A few years ago, some friends of mine had their seventh child. At home. By themselves. No expert help. Things weren’t supposed to happen that way, but there was literally “no room at the inn” (hospital) when the time came for the baby to be born, and baby wasn’t about to be put on a
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Poll Data Inadvertently Reveals the Damage Our Culture Is Doing to Our Children 14
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- June 26, 2025
New information from the 2022 Cooperative Election Study has brought renewed focus on connections between political affiliation, happiness, and mental health. Using graphs and data from this study, statistician and political analyst Nate Silver found that a sizable mental well-being gap exists between those on the right and left. Silver demonstrates that across every category
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Anti-ICE Riots and the ‘Sin of Empathy’35
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 20, 2025
Theologian Joe Rigney received a torrent of bad press after claiming in his recent book, “The Sin of Empathy,” that “The so-called virtue of empathy is the greatest rhetorical tool of manipulation in the 21st century.” “Because love is a real virtue, empathy’s power is in posing as selfless care for victims,” Rigney continues. Political
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Returning to Pioneer Values with Netflix’s ‘Little House’ Reboot 26
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- June 19, 2025
Netflix recently announced that work has officially begun on a reboot of Michael Landon’s classic “Little House on the Prairie” television series. Knowing how reboots and remakes play out these days, this childhood fan of the Ingalls family is a mite skeptical of the direction the new program will take. Speculation online suggests that the new show
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