Western Civilization

Finding Freedom in a World of Chains 1
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 2, 2025
Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Chain of fools So ran the chorus to Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit song “Chain of Fools.” One hundred twenty years earlier, the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels proclaimed: “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!” The chains of Franklin’s song
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Why the ‘Rite of Passage’ Needs to Make a Comeback 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 1, 2025
A friend of mine recently relayed the story of how her daughter asked why she couldn’t get her ears pierced like her older sister. “Well, she’s more responsible,” was the gist of my friend’s reply to her daughter, “and when you learn to be more responsible, you can get yours pierced too.” Lo and behold,
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Digital Life: A New Kind of Existence 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, MomThink, Western Civilization
- November 26, 2025
The average American spends over seven hours daily on screens. That means most of us live about half our waking hours inside a digital vortex. Engagement with the digital world is no longer an occasional pastime, an interruption in an otherwise analog existence. For many, it’s not a tool, but a way of life since vast portions
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Bringing Light to the Asylum 0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- November 24, 2025
Back in the 1980s, writer Florence King began her essay “Democrazy” by recounting a scene from the 1946 Japanese war trials. At one point, the former propaganda minister, Shumei Okawa, leaped to his feet and cried out: “I hate United States! It is democrazy!” That unintended pun is the theme for King’s piece, which appears
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Would You Survive the Worst Journey in the World?1
- Culture, Featured, History, Western Civilization
- November 21, 2025
One hundred and thirteen years ago, cars were not yet widespread. Airplanes were made of canvas and wood. Sir Edmund Hillary was still 40 years away from summiting Mount Everest. It was during this time that explorers began focusing on reaching the North and South Poles. The most famous story of polar exploration is that
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Pew Plan: The Wellness Program No One Discusses 0
- Religion, Culture, Family, Featured, Health, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- November 20, 2025
“[L]et us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” – Hebrews 10:24-25 Want to live a longer, healthier, and more upbeat life? Doctors, researchers, and other
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