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Know Thyself By Knowing the Temperaments 25
- Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- July 22, 2025
Between pop psychology, personality tests, enneagrams, and horoscopes, there’s someone on every corner giving the answer to the self. But the quest for self-discovery is nothing new. The ancient Greeks had their own Myers-Briggs: the four temperaments. In fact, much of our current personality analysis boils down to these. A temperament refers to the natural
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4 Surprising Things the Founders Intended to Include in American Education 29
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized
- July 18, 2025
One of the childhood stories in my father’s arsenal is set at lunchtime in his local public school. Although he went home for lunch, he often heard his teacher leading the classroom in a group rendition of “Come Lord Jesus, be our guest,” as he gathered his things before walking across the street. A few
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1,000 Good Books to (Slowly) Consider 50
- Education, Featured, History, Literature, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- July 14, 2025
I’m a sucker for books about books and book lists. On my shelves are titles like Gladys and Mark Hunt’s “Honey for a Child’s Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life”; George and Karen Grant’s “Shelf Life”; and James Mustich’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die.” Give me a cup of coffee,
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Independence – Would You REALLY Have Rebelled?23
- Featured, History, Politics, Uncategorized
- July 4, 2025
The American heritage is one of pride in independence, both as a country and as individuals. We can point to one chapter after another in our history and experience Freedom! Independence! Hurrah! Yet would Americans today really rebel? Are we still filled with that spirit of freedom and independence? Let’s consider why our colonial forefathers
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George Washington’s Advice on Favored Nations and Foreign Adventures 18
- Featured, History, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 18, 2025
For decades, America has intervened in the affairs of countries around the world. Many of these military and economic actions have been driven by alliances, so-called friendships between nations, and calls for “regime change.” Rightfully so, the American people are questioning the benefits. Since the end of the Cold War, we’ve seen American military action
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Weighing Papal Words With Wisdom and Discernment 20
- Family, History, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- May 12, 2025
Habemus papam! We have a pope! Like other Catholics in the U.S. and around the world, I was stunned that the conclave of cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel on May 8 chose American Robert Prevost to become the next pope. For years, we’d heard that no American, at least in the foreseeable future, would
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