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What Is Advent, and Why Does It Matter?4
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Religion
- December 3, 2024
Sunday, December 1 marked the beginning of Advent for 2024. But what exactly is Advent, and why does it matter? Advent comes from the Latin adventus, which means “coming.” In simple terms, Advent is the period on the church calendar directly preceding Christmas. Within the Christian worldview, Advent is a special time of preparation and
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What Kind of Health Care Did American Women Really Want When They Deserted Kamala?2
- Culture, Featured, Health, MomThink, Politics
- November 26, 2024
Donald Trump’s stunning victory has everyone talking, especially about the surprising gains that he made with minority, youth, and women voters. As a woman, I was told that most of us would be voting for Harris because she was a champion of women’s health. It didn’t happen. In fact, Harris barely won the majority of the
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Hope for American Education?2
- Culture, Education, Featured, MomThink
- November 25, 2024
Over the years, I’ve written extensively about the decline—nay, crisis—of American education (see here, here, and here, for instance). During the 20th century, our universities were steadily infiltrated and usurped by Marxists, socialists, and postmodernists, and the consequences have been dire. “Wokeism” and the catastrophic absurdities of everything from Gender Theory to Queer Studies to
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What Would Really Happen If We End the US Department of Education?3
- Education, Featured, MomThink, Politics
- November 21, 2024
After the recent presidential election victory by Donald Trump, perennial calls to end the US Department of Education grew louder. With Republicans gaining control of the US Senate, and retaining control of the US House of Representatives as well, the prospect of eliminating the department became more plausible. But don’t hold your breath. When Trump
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5 Ways to Not Let Politics Ruin Thanksgiving 0
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Politics
- November 18, 2024
Political divisions are ugly, and those divisions have spilled over onto the Thanksgiving table. One study found that “partisan differences cost American families 62 million person-hours of Thanksgiving time.” Presumably those same differences are impacting the quality of family time throughout the year. Time to count our blessings has become another opportunity to count our grievances. Here
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Swedish Death Cleaning and Aging in Place 17
- Culture, Featured, MomThink
- November 13, 2024
Several of my relatives and friends are in the process of cleaning out a parent’s home. Some have tragically lost their aged parents, and some are rearranging living situations to accommodate medical needs. In each situation, however, there is an overwhelming factor: Each of them are dealing with a house stuffed with … stuff. No
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