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Transgender People Do Not Have a Right to Choose Their Bathroom 3
- Culture, Education, Featured
- August 21, 2024
Some college students today face a self-imposed dilemma unknown to our forebears: Which bathroom do I use? One example is Cecil, a student at the University of Alabama who believes that she is a man. Now, Cecil is afraid that Alabama’s laws and regulations may limit the freedom of that bathroom decision-making process. As reported
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The Importance of Learning About Local History and Culture 4
- Culture, Featured, History
- August 20, 2024
A human community, then, if it is to last long, must exert a sort of centripetal force, holding local soil and local memory in place. Practically speaking, human society has no work more important than this. These are the words of farmer and writer Wendell Berry in his essay “The Work of Local Culture.” We
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Gen Z Is More Religious Than You Think 2
- Culture, Featured, Religion
- August 20, 2024
Many Americans believe our world’s becoming more secular. While that’s true, many of today’s fastest-growing religious denominations aren’t progressive—they’re traditional. Here’s what the data show. In the 1990s, 90 percent of Americans identified as Christians on Pew surveys. Today, that number has fallen to about 67 percent. Among young adults, over 40 percent are religiously
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Literary Theory Was Corrupted, But There Are Signs of Hope 6
- Education, Featured, Literature
- August 19, 2024
I didn’t have a name for it. I just knew I hated it. That’s how I felt when I first began studying literature at a public university and encountered a morass of muddled ideas about literature, language, and truth that all but spoiled the beauty and art of great books, which was what had caused
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Farm Tough 0
- Culture, Featured
- August 19, 2024
Recently, my 10-year-old son, Eric, made a play in his baseball game that I was particularly proud of. He didn’t strike out the side or make a fantastic stop in the field. He didn’t smash a double down the left-field line. No, it wasn’t a remarkable play at all—Eric was hit by a pitch on
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The Invention of Recreation 1
- Culture, Featured
- August 16, 2024
Summer is the season for “recreation.” After slogging through work and school for most of the year, millions of parents and their children try to cram enjoyment into a road trip or an international holiday. They spend enormous amounts of time, money, and effort doing so—in fact, Americans have devoted over $200 billion annually to
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