Culture

The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?0
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- February 4, 2019
The other day the American Girl doll store at Minnesota’s Mall of America announced it would be closing its doors. It’s been years since I walked through the store looking for gifts for some young relatives; nevertheless, I still felt a twinge of sadness over the news. Even more disheartening, however, was the reason why
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Equality for All Women… Except for Working Mothers?0
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- February 1, 2019
Earlier this week researchers from Essex University made what might be considered a rather obvious announcement: working mothers are stressed. I can almost hear mothers around the world yelling, “This is news?! We could have told you that without an academic study.” As the research reveals, working women with one child are 18 percent more
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Toxic Masculinity: The Alpha Straw-Man 0
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- February 1, 2019
According to the intelligentsia, many, if not most, males today are diseased. The etiology of this illness is prolonged exposure to the toxic substance of traditional masculinity. No one is safe. The substance is everywhere, embedded in our traditions and media, and has been for generations. There is an epidemic of emotionally stunted barbarians contaminating
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Meet the Philosopher Behind the Ideology of Anti-Fascists 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2019
In our last article on fascism, we promised we would explore the philosophical roots of Antifa in order to better understand how they justify the use of fascist tactics in the name of fighting it. Antifa’s fascist tendencies are apparent by a simple surface diagnosis, but a deeper analysis reveals the bankrupt ideology that fuels
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Why College Students Have More in Common with Non-PC Authors Than They Realize 0
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- January 31, 2019
Several years ago, I visited the two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, in which Elvis Presley was born and in which he spent his childhood. To my great surprise, one of the few items hanging from the sparsely decorated walls of the home was a framed copy of Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “If,” which I knew well,
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How Nostalgia Drives Both Political Parties 0
- Culture
- January 31, 2019
Every day, we’re confronted by headlines that reveal the ever-widening chasm between left and right in America. What’s driving this hyperpolarization? And are there any solutions? Thanks to a stimulating conversation with National Affairs editor Yuval Levin of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and independent scholar and economist Arnold Kling, I’m learning that there are some pretty
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