Culture

How Women Can Determine Which Men Will Be Successful in Life 0
- Culture
- April 11, 2019
“What are your long-term goals in life?” is a typical question posed by employers to job applicants. It’s a question many people hate answering. But a young college-age friend of mine has the best answer I’ve ever heard. Without batting an eye, she regularly responds: “Be a trophy wife.” She has so much talent and
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Why Early Marriage Is Better Than We Thought 0
- Culture
- April 10, 2019
Classic short stories are one of my great loves. There’s no better avenue to a quick emotional payoff or a poignant lesson than a tale that is so powerful it has survived through history. A poster child for such stories is “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, which first made its appearance on
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Baseball: The Sport of Thinking Americans 1
- Culture
- April 10, 2019
Sometimes you can be in the right place at the right time. For me, it was in the middle of the summer of 1958—a few days short of my 11th birthday. I was at Bill Meyer Stadium to see our minor league Knoxville (Tennessee) Smokies, wearing my little league uniform as I had come straight
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How Hope Fosters a More Prosperous Society 0
- Culture
- April 10, 2019
Is it possible for people to improve their lives through hard work, or is the system rigged against you? Your answer – and your results – may depend on your faith. On EWTN, Carl Cannon of RealClear Politics discussed a poll in which the organization asked people whether the American dream is alive “for you personally.” Only seven percent
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One Simple Plan to Undermine Socialism 0
- Culture
- April 10, 2019
The United States is in the midst of a national intellectual crisis. Popular support for the path to destitution and tyranny—the path followed by Venezuela, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union—is at an astonishing 77 percent among Democrats. Most young Americans prefer socialism to capitalism. The next election might not result in a socialist president, but the gains being
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What I Learned When My Students Began Jumping Rope 1
- Culture
- April 9, 2019
By now the outcry has been heard and confirmed: Children need recess or other forms of physical activity to thrive in school. But I could have told you that. As a veteran teacher, I stumbled on this fact in my own classroom quite by accident. Years ago my students took the required, but now defunct,
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