Culture

Shakespeare’s Sisters 0
- Culture, History, Literature
- July 26, 2024
It’s almost a century since Virginia Woolf wrote “Shakespeare’s Sister” in which she presented the plight of an imaginary sister of Shakespeare who is thwarted because of her sex from emulating her brother’s literary success. Frustrated by the lack of literary opportunity and finding herself pregnant, she does the only sensible thing that a woman
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Do You Have the Physique of a God?5
- Culture, Featured
- July 25, 2024
One of my favorite funny sayings I’ve seen on the internet is “I have the body of a god. Unfortunately, it’s Buddha’s and not Apollo’s.” It’s funny, yet sadly true for many of us. More than 30 percent of men are obese in the U.S. The danger to our health is as deadly as any
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Etiquette Worth Resurrecting 2
- MomThink, Culture
- July 24, 2024
Every culture in history has its own etiquette practices. Western Civilization is no different! Today, many great practices have fallen by the wayside for one reason or another. Let’s explore a few forgotten etiquette customs that should make a comeback! RSVPs … including officially canceling. Enough no-showing. Ghosting anyone, for any reason other than an
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Questions Swirl Surrounding Biden’s Dropout 2
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- July 24, 2024
It’s been a wild ten days. Trump was almost killed, we experienced a major cyber outage, the head of the secret service resigned, and Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. The way this last incident unfolded has left many furrowing their brows in confusion. Let’s examine the timeline of events. On Wednesday, July
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Overpopulation: An Ancient Myth Refuted 2
- Culture, History, MomThink, Western Civilization
- July 23, 2024
Prince Philip once said, “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.” The late Duke of Edinburgh passed away in 2021, but the hysterical sentiment he expressed about overpopulation lives on. A YouGov poll found that overpopulation concerns are widespread among adults across the
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Our Universe: Chaos, or Cosmos?0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- July 23, 2024
Is the universe a meaningless collection of lifeless matter? We live on a small planet in an out-of-the-way corner of an insignificant galaxy, and though our lives might feel real and important, is that just a delusion? After all, the only thing that’s really going on is that atoms are randomly careening off of one
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