Culture

On the Importance of Shoes 7
- Culture
- June 18, 2024
I was serving as a Housemaster in an English boarding school when I finally learned the full importance of shoes. Every night after supper the boys would have an hour to complete their homework and get ready for bed. The bedtime ritual consisted of tidying their dorm space, having a bath or shower, brushing their
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Making Recess Fun — for Bureaucrats 1
- Culture, Family, MomThink
- June 17, 2024
A mom who wished to remain anonymous recently went to her daughter’s Maryland elementary school to ask why the kids aren’t allowed to play tag, or even close their eyes, at recess. “We’d recently transferred from another district, and my daughter was taken aback by how many rules there were,” said the mom. There are
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Fathers Are Still Irreplaceable 6
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink
- June 14, 2024
This weekend will mark my first Father’s Day as a dad—an occasion I will relish. Our 10-month-old daughter, Elsa, has a personality that is larger than life, and the bond I have with her, even at such a young age, is precious beyond words. One thing I have pondered often these past ten months is
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An Ode to the Fathers in My Life 1
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink
- June 13, 2024
Father’s Day is a day that brings up a full spectrum of feeling for me. This is true for several reasons: One, my relationship with my own father was complicated. Two, I’ve had many father figures who filled in where my father left a void: two grandfathers, a father-in-law, a stepfather, and, of course, my
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‘Little House’ Libertarians and the Culture of Freedom 1
- Featured, Culture, History
- June 12, 2024
It’s no coincidence that one of the first American libertarians was not a politician nor a political philosopher. Instead, she was a mother and a pioneer. Her name is probably familiar to you: Laura Ingalls Wilder. And while her influence on libertarian thought may come as a surprise, it makes perfect sense. When intellectuals write
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1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right 1
- Culture, Literature
- June 12, 2024
Americans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future; now it’s 40 years in the past. Yet our present feels more than ever like Orwell’s dystopia. The novel is set on Airstrip One, a totalitarian
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