Culture

Socialists and Capitalists Alike See No Need to Protect the Traditional Family, Chesterton Argued 0
- Culture
- March 19, 2018
As we search for common ground in our increasingly divided country, we might be well advised to turn to G. K. Chesterton. The common ground for Chesterton’s treasured common man was property. For Chesterton, a good society was one in which property was widely distributed. Achieving that always elusive goal was the reason that Chesterton
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Why Teens Rarely Babysit Anymore 0
- Culture
- March 19, 2018
I was out for a walk a while back when I stopped to chat with a neighbor. Neither of us knew each other very well, having only had a few conversations on subjects such as the weather, the overbearing city council, and her cute, grade-school-age twin boys. It was likely because of this slight acquaintance
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The Gender Pay Gap is Real … but it Has Little to Do With Gender Discrimination 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2018
On occasion of International Women’s Day, millions of people marched on the streets of dozens of cities around the world to vindicate women’s rights and denounce gender-based violence and discrimination in all its forms. In Spain, demonstrations were accompanied by a general strike that, according to labor unions, was followed by 5.3 million women. One
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10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2018
On March 17, people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns – tiny, grinning, fairy men – pinned to their lapels. Patrick’s picture will adorn greeting cards: an aged, bearded bishop in flowing robes, grasping a bishop’s staff and glaring at a coil
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4 Bits of Advice from Ben Franklin on How to Be a ‘Rational Being’0
- Culture
- March 16, 2018
Have you ever noticed that there seem to be fewer calm and level-headed people these days? Almost everyone seems to operate through a lens of emotion and feeling rather than plain ol’ common sense. This is perhaps no surprise as schools and society have encouraged a feelings-oriented approach to life through the advancement of positive
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Hannah Arendt on How Loneliness Breeds Terror 1
- Culture
- March 15, 2018
Thinkers as early as Aristotle observed that man is, by nature, a social creature. For this reason, there has been a surge of media attention on the “loneliness plague” which the Information Age has wrought. Most media attention has focused on the health consequences of loneliness, which stand to overwhelm government health systems in the
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