Culture

The Casualties of Surrogacy 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2019
The media and Hollywood celebrities, like Kim Kardashian and Jimmy Fallon, present surrogacy as a wonderful and beautiful thing. Even Ben Shapiro said “surrogacy can be useful and wonderful in some cases” when he spoke at this year’s March for Life. But I’m happy to discuss what you won’t hear about in the media: the
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Netherlands Discovers ‘Achilles Heel’ of Euthanasia 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2019
Has the Netherlands found the “Achilles heel” of Euthanasia? That’s the question quietly being asked in Dutch medical circles. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia in 2002, and death-by-fatal-injection has grown rapidly in popularity ever since. In 2010, there were 3,316 reported instances of euthanasia. In 2017, the number
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The Power of ‘Just a Note’0
- Culture
- June 6, 2019
Recently my son and his family traveled to the beach, so I came into town to keep an eye on their house, cat, and dog. Finding the key, I opened the basement door and went inside. On the opposite wall the large dry-erase board proclaimed “WELCOME GRANDPA! We love you!” A note of five words,
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Is Meryl Streep Right in Saying That Women Can Be Pretty Toxic?0
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- June 5, 2019
Meryl Streep, highly acclaimed actress and outspoken progressive, said in a public interview recently: “We hurt our boys by calling something toxic masculinity… because women can be pretty [expletive] toxic.” “It’s toxic people,” Streep went on to say, “We’re all on the boat together. We’ve got to make it work.” The 69-year-old actress
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Three Classic Reads That Are Still Relevant Today 0
- Culture
- June 5, 2019
Summer is the best time to catch up on the reading that, for one reason or another, you haven’t had time to do the rest of the year. But instead of reading the average beach paperback, why not dig deeper and check out some classics from the past? Here are three that I believe to
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The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art 0
- Culture
- June 5, 2019
With culture around us apparently in decline, it’s worth celebrating uniquely American traditions, especially growing ones. And few activities could be more American than the marksmanship sport of Old West-style shooting. The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a
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