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  • Treading Wisely in Semantic Quicksand

    Treading Wisely in Semantic Quicksand0

    Be careful little mouth what you say. While this pithy little line originally formed part of a children’s song, it strikes me as increasingly wise counsel for adults navigating a dictionary full of fast-changing meanings. To be sure, the meaning of words has always been changing. Awful no longer means something deserving of awe or

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  • Discipline: The Way to Become a Man

    Discipline: The Way to Become a Man18

    Today is quite the chaotic time to grow and mature as a young man. Whether it’s the proclamations of toxic masculinity or villainization of fatherhood, it’s no wonder why so many young men are searching for help and answers to overcome the chaos and become the best version of themselves. So, what traits does a

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  • Walker Percy on How to Recover Education

    Walker Percy on How to Recover Education2

    Why is it that so many students in the modern American education system say that school is “boring”? Aren’t they learning about the most fascinating aspects of our world? Isn’t part of human nature, as Aristotle teaches, to desire to know? In his brilliant essay “The Loss of the Creature,” the novelist and philosopher Walker

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  • Making Meaning Is the Antidote to Troubled Feelings

    Making Meaning Is the Antidote to Troubled Feelings1

    A contemporary writer on Stoicism, Ryan Holiday, recently observed: Professional writers quickly learn one reality of the job: you have more bad days than good days. It’s the rare day that the writer finds that the words come out exactly the way they were in their head. More often, one is disappointed, distracted, struggling, committed

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  • Can Female Liberation Be Found in Marriage?

    Can Female Liberation Be Found in Marriage?4

    What does a fulfilling, self-focused life look like, according to liberated feminism? Spa nights alone in a fancy apartment, perhaps. A boss babe CEO who enjoys hooking up on the weekends. Plastic surgery and perhaps a cute pet to post on Instagram. But what else is part and parcel of this life? An epidemic of

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  • Making a Case for Cursive

    Making a Case for Cursive2

    Recently, I asked my fifth graders if they enjoyed writing in cursive. Students at the all-boys Catholic school where I work start training in cursive penmanship in third grade, so my students had been practicing it for the better part of three years. I expected them to say that it is boring, that they do

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