Culture

Independent Voices Sing in Symphony 0
- Culture, Religion
- December 14, 2023
One of my earliest memories of classical music is accompanying my father and older brother to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony when I was 7. The symphony conveyed pure magic, filling my head with sonorous themes and exquisite harmonies, permeating the whole of my being. Enveloped in an emotional reverie, I was struck by an unbelievable
READ MORE
California Mandates ‘Gender-Neutral’ Toy Sections in Department Stores 3
- Culture, Featured
- December 13, 2023
California continues to face a scourge of shoplifting, with rates of the crime rising almost 29 percent in 2022, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. This trend shows no sign of abating, as the 2023 rates in Los Angeles indicate. Instead of addressing this pressing issue, however, California legislators have overseen the passage
READ MORE
At Harvard, Calls for Genocide Depend on Context 1
- Education, Culture, Featured
- December 12, 2023
Calling for a genocide against Jews is permissible at Harvard University, so long as such speech is not “targeted at an individual” and does not cross “into conduct,” according to Harvard President Claudine Gay. Gay delivered her jaw-dropping pronouncement under oath on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. She did
READ MORE

Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians 4
- Culture, History, Politics
- December 12, 2023
Cicero said history “casts light on reality and is a guide to life.” The wisdom gained by understanding the past helps prevent the same errors from being repeated. Sebastian Haffner pursued answers to the questions of how the Nazis rose to power in Germany and why the German people did not stop them. In 1939, he wrote
READ MORE
Creche, Credo, Courthouse: Reminders of Western Civilization at Christmas 0
- Culture, Western Civilization
- December 11, 2023
The creche has gone on display at the Warren County Courthouse in Front Royal, Virginia. There we see the figures we might expect—Mary, Joseph, the newborn in the manger, the Magi, and several animals. Beside the creche stands a plain white wooden cross about four feet high. The statues are a bit timeworn, and to
READ MORE
Young People Aren’t Reading Classic Books. 3 Reasons Why That’s a Problem.3
- Culture, Education, Featured, Literature
- December 11, 2023
One thing I wish I would have done more when I was in grade school was read. Granted, I do not recall anyone around me with their nose in a book or suggesting the activity might be enjoyable. The simple fact was that I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Even now, some twenty years
READ MORE