Culture

‘American Refugees’: New Book Offers Some Surprises About Those Fleeing Blue States 4
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- November 9, 2023
By now, most readers are aware of the ongoing exodus from blue states to red states, from places like California and New York to the Carolinas, Texas, and Florida. Some of these migrants are retirees in search of warmer weather. Some are millennials in U-Haul vans looking to lower the cost of living or in
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Can Culture Thrive in the Midst of Busyness?3
- Culture, Featured
- November 7, 2023
Maybe we’re too busy to have culture. I’m in a particularly busy phase in my own life as I start a family and build a career. Of course, I find value in each of my tasks. But sometimes I wonder if I need to adjust my mindset. I find my mind buzzing with various strains
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Masculine Men Are Women’s Unsung Heroes 16
- Culture, Featured
- November 6, 2023
Contemporary America is hounded by terms like “toxic masculinity,” “the patriarchy,” and “the male gaze.” Men all over the nation—indeed, the world—are lambasted daily by derogatory, angry media seeking to devalue and wipe out their nature. I have a message for you: Don’t listen to it. Masculine men are the very thing we need—now more
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Politics and Compassion: Finding Common Ground Through Empathy 3
- Culture, Politics
- November 1, 2023
While liberals tend to view conservatives as cold-hearted, rule-bound, and self-interested, right-wingers often consider left-wingers irrational, sensitive, and destructive. Both characterizations, are, of course, exaggerations, and they fail to recognize the political common ground of human empathy and compassion. In the far-off days before he was famous, Jordan Peterson, along with some colleagues, published research
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Why Are People Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters?1
- Culture, Western Civilization
- October 31, 2023
Of the many troubling protests seen since the Hamas pogrom of October 7, surely among the most callous are those involving pro-Palestine activists ripping down posters of Israeli hostages. Some 235 Israelis were taken captive by Hamas terrorists, according to the American Jewish Committee. To date, only four abductees have been released. Of course, this
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Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4
- Religion, Culture
- October 30, 2023
Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of
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