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  • How C.S. Lewis Predicted the PC War on Literature

    How C.S. Lewis Predicted the PC War on Literature0

    What makes for a good book? There are many possible answers: beautiful prose, interesting characters, a well-crafted plot, and so on, all of which contribute to literature’s power to make us feel or experience things in new and different ways. For some, though, a good book is one that aligns perfectly with the reader’s political

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  • C.S. Lewis and the Lavender Inner Ring

    C.S. Lewis and the Lavender Inner Ring0

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  • ‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work

    ‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work0

    After a decades-long career in film, theater, and education, actor Geoffrey Owens decided to take a part-time job as a cashier at Trader Joe’s. When customers and news outlets began posting photos of the actor bagging groceries, the resulting comments included a mix of mockery and what Owens describes as “job-shaming.” Fortunately, according to Owens, “the

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  • Does Family Bonding Reduce ADHD?

    Does Family Bonding Reduce ADHD?0

    It’s hard to deny that cases of ADHD have exploded in recent years. This is particularly true for boys, whose ADHD diagnoses, as the chart below shows, increased from 11 percent to 15.1 percent between 2003 and 2015. It’s easy to look at this increase and blame any number of things. Smartphones. Video games. Lack

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  • The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading

    The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading0

    In a recent conversation, a friend of mine shared how one of her children had been diagnosed with dyslexia. They were working to overcome the difficulty, but the obstacle was still troubling to her as a mother. “After all,” she mourned, “children learn so much more if they’re able to read. They miss so much

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  • A Backward View: Older Books and the Culture of the Now

    A Backward View: Older Books and the Culture of the Now0

    For almost twenty years, I have written book reviews for a weekly newspaper in Western North Carolina. In general, reviewers take an interest only in new books. This makes some sense, as older books have already received their accolades or their slings and arrows. A few critics—Nick Hornby in his collection of reviews Ten Years

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