Literature

The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Literature, MomThink
- April 7, 2026
Recently I revisited a famous antiquarian bookshop. Marks & Co. closed decades ago, but it lives on in Helene Hanff’s memoir “84, Charing Cross Road” and its companion 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. My library had both the book and the DVD, so I spent an evening traveling back in time to 1950s London
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How Twaddle Leads to Smut 1
- Culture, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Literature, MomThink
- March 20, 2026
When I was about seven years old, I begged my parents to let me watch “Hannah Montana,” a favorite among some of my friends. My parents held their firmly negative stance despite my pleas. At a friend’s birthday party, though, the TV was turned on as background noise, and “Hannah Montana” happened to be on
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Why the American Founders Would Approve of the Current Bible Reading Trend 0
- Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 19, 2026
When I was in middle school, I competed in a summer reading contest with a prize for those who read the most books, writing a paragraph about each as proof of readership. Not wanting to spend the summer reading short works of fluff in order to get as many books as possible under my belt,
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Hospitality, a Cornerstone of Culture 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- March 18, 2026
I recently read Sigrid Undset’s beautiful novel “Kristan Lavransdatter,” a tale of desire and regret set in medieval Norway. Undset has been rightly praised for the meticulous historical scholarship that informed the novel, offering us an authentic glimpse into the life of 14th-century Scandinavian culture. One feature of that culture that stood out to me
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Stories to Build the Minds and Souls of Gen Z Guys 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- March 12, 2026
March is National Reading Month. Inspired by the March 2 birthday of Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, the event is aimed at children, families, and communities, with a heavy emphasis on the younger crowd. Given the decline in reading and the increasing failure by many public schools to teach grade-level literacy, this emphasis should be applauded.
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It’s Time To Go on the Offensive With Public School Reading Lists 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- January 29, 2026
It’s often said that an individual will be same person five years down the road except for the books he reads and the people he meets. That’s likely the reason book battles in public schools and libraries have become so intense in recent years – fill a child’s mind with salacious and subversive ideas, and
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