Culture

Mike Rowe and the Need to Bring Back Shop Class 57
- Culture, Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 21, 2025
A few years ago, I interviewed a married couple for an article, who, although only in their mid-20s, already owned a thriving business. This couple had met in a high school welding class – a fact which prompted the husband to joke that “sparks flew.” Humor aside, I was intrigued to hear that a welding class
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Why Friendship Is Essential to Cultural Renewal 30
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 20, 2025
Suppose you want to change the world for the better. Where to begin? One place is friendship. We are, as Aristotle teaches, social animals, designed to live in community, to build societies where each plays a role as part of a whole, and to find meaning through relationships. Aristotle suggests in the “Nicomachean Ethics” that eudaimonia
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Speaking of Conspiracy Theories 31
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- August 18, 2025
There’s not a cloud to be seen as I drive with my seven-year-old son – apart from the five unnatural lines left behind by planes in a grid pattern, that is. “Why do people want to control the weather?” my son ponders aloud, looking up at the unnatural lines. Weeks prior, we saw similar trails
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The Larger the Family, the Greater the Gift 44
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 13, 2025
The U.S. fertility rate dropped to an all-time low in 2024, according to recent CDC data. Our country’s fertility rate now stands at fewer than 1.6 births per woman, well below the 2.1 children per woman needed to achieve population replacement. Effectively, this means that we’re unable to replace – let alone grow – our population
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The World Needs Gen Z to Join the Fight 42
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 12, 2025
In “Do the Kids Think They’re Alright?” Eli George and Jonathan Haidt examine the effects of social media and the online culture on members of Gen Z, individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” and George, a member of Gen Z, wanted to hear from young people who disagree with
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An Ode to Simple Meals 43
- Culture, Economics, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- August 11, 2025
At my bridal shower several summers ago, I was presented with a book of hand-written recipes cobbled together from the women I knew, and even those I didn’t, as several of my great-grandmother’s recipes made an appearance in the book, thanks to my aunt. That recipe book has been one of the greatest of my
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