Culture

If Only Jason Aldean Were a Rapper 2
- Culture, Entertainment
- August 10, 2023
You may remember when the press assured us the 2020 summer riots were “peaceful protests.” Now the same media outlets want us to believe that a country song criticizing such violent behavior is “promoting violence.” Jason Aldean’s latest single “Try That in a Small Town” has dominated news headlines. No shrinking violet when it comes
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Loving Laughter in a World That Discourages Joy 4
- Culture
- August 10, 2023
Several years ago, a friend and I were bluntly told that we “laughed like unsocialized homeschoolers.” Perhaps there was something more insulting lurking beneath the surface of that comment, but I’ll choose to put a positive spin on it and take it as a sign that my friend and I never had our bubbling joy
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Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?1
- Culture
- August 9, 2023
When I was 10 years old, the opportunity to attend a living history program one summer day left me in a tizzy of anticipation. There was only one problem. I had outgrown all of my historically accurate costumes and had nothing to wear to the event. My mom assessed the situation, pulled out her sewing
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Former Teacher: 7 Ways Schools Are Creating ‘Empty’ Children 1
- Culture
- August 7, 2023
In the early 1990s, New York Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto, threw in the towel on teaching with his famous I Quit, I Think letter to the Wall Street Journal. Gatto’s reason for quitting was simple. He could no longer justify teaching “a curriculum of confusion, class position, arbitrary justice, vulgarity, rudeness, disrespect
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After ‘I Messed Up So Bad,’ Pregnancy Resource Center Made All the Difference 0
- Family, Culture
- July 28, 2023
I had just returned from the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., when I looked down at the positive pregnancy test in my hand, my boyfriend at my side. Time stopped as I felt my heart thump faster and faster—loudly—and despair and panic set in. “I messed up so bad,” I cried as my knees buckled under
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Yes, Child Trafficking is Happening in Your Community 1
- Culture, MomThink
- July 26, 2023
Kara was 11 when her family first sold her body for drugs. Sydney was 14 when she met an older man online who promised her financial security and a better life. And after another stint in the foster care system, Marcus decided that anything, including homelessness, would be better than the foster family he was
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