Family

Dying Alone – Building Community in an Age of Isolation 7
- Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- March 18, 2025
On Feb. 26, 2025, first responders found Betsy Arakawa, 65, dead on the bathroom floor of the palatial Sante Fe, N.M., home she shared with husband and Hollywood star Gene Hackman, 95. Hackman’s body was found in the mudroom. Investigation revealed that Arakawa had died around Feb. 11 of a rare rodent-borne disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, while
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DOGE and the 4 Essentials Needed to Create a Decent Society 10
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- March 14, 2025
Elon Musk and his DOGE-related spending cut recommendations have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Some Americans are treating the announcement of these cuts like Christmas morning, thrilled at the idea that they get to keep more of their money, rather than have it go toward projects they disagree with – such as the transgender mice
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Is Marriage No Longer Worth It for Men?10
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 10, 2025
Recently, I dated a man a few times who, as I quickly learned, was opposed to marriage. He pointed out that the legal binding of a marriage puts the man in a very vulnerable position, one in which if – or he would say when – a divorce occurs, his home, children, and livelihood are
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Charity Begins at Home: The Case of Mrs. Jellyby vs. JD Vance 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
- March 7, 2025
In Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House,” we encounter Mrs. Jellyby, a fanatical, crusading philanthropist who by correspondence and personal contacts hopes to bring education and trade to a remote part of Africa. Mrs. Jellyby spends much of her time dictating letters and memorandum to a “jaded and unhealthy-looking” girl who “seemed to have no article of
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Meghan Markle and the Quest to Build a Welcoming Home 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured
- March 6, 2025
In an age when Americans are increasingly polarized, there’s something fascinating about the way Meghan Markle – the ex-actress, British duchess, and now Cali-girl extraordinaire – seems to unite us. No matter what poor Markle does, she always seems to leave many Americans with the idea that she’s a clueless pseudo-elite, eager to tell us
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Be a Good Parent and Take Away Your Child’s Smartphone 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized
- February 28, 2025
Actress, mother of two, and school activist Sophie Winkleman began her recent address on children at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference in London by describing a recent scene from a packed London bus. Standing over a young man and a young woman, both intent on their smartphones, Winkleman noticed that each was on a dating
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