Culture

Bended-Knee Proposals: Reconsidering the Tradition 0
- Culture
- February 9, 2018
Whenever a major holiday like Christmas, New Year’s, or Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s almost a given that some friend or acquaintance from Facebook will get engaged. Their smiling faces will show up in your feed, and if you’re lucky, maybe even a real action shot or video which catches the special moment as it unfolds:
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What Early Christian Hermits Can Teach Us About Being Alone 0
- Culture
- February 8, 2018
In today’s world, loneliness seems to have reached epidemic proportions. Countless studies have highlighted the serious and negative impact that loneliness has on our health, our sense of well-being, and our ability to thrive in an increasingly chaotic world. Most recently, the urgency of the problem led the U.K. to appoint a minister for loneliness.
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Men Drive Faster than Women… and it’s Okay to Acknowledge this Fact 0
- Culture
- February 7, 2018
It’s not often that someone has the courage to make a straightforward, common sense observation that goes against cultural talking points. When that does happen, however, it’s hard to keep from laughing outright, which is what I did when I came across a Twitter statement from American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers. The subject
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Father-Daughter Dances Are No Longer Politically Correct 0
- Culture
- February 6, 2018
Around Valentine’s Day, it’s not uncommon to see pictures of little girls dressed up, smiling, and excited to go with their dads to a father-daughter dance. Such has long been the case at New York PS 65, a public elementary school on Staten Island. But as CBS News reports, the annual father-daughter dance is being
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Are You an ‘Educable’ Person?0
- Culture
- February 6, 2018
America has problems. Make that statement to just about any man on the street and one would find widespread support for it, regardless of the political party with which one identifies. The question is, where do these problems stem from? There are any number of answers to that question, but one of the prominent ones
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Be My (Compulsory) Valentine 0
- Culture
- February 5, 2018
My three kids returned home this week each with a list of the names of their classmates and firm instructions from their teachers that, if they chose to participate in the festivities, they must write Valentine’s Day cards to every single kid in the class. Nothing like a little forced goodwill and fake friendships to
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