Western Civilization

The Tech Revolution Leaves Families Behind 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Science, Western Civilization
- November 3, 2025
The tech revolution driven by AI should terrify us all, regardless of our status or situation. But there is one group that will bear the worst of this revolution: families – especially young ones. In fact, as innovations continue, young people will experience a pull greater than ever to put off – or avoid entirely
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Creativity Is the Antidote to AI 0
- Culture, Featured, Health, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- October 30, 2025
I recently had the fun of participating in a choral performance premiering a new oratorio on the life of John Newton, the slave-trader turned Christian minister and writer of the beloved hymn, “Amazing Grace.” One never knows how something new will be received, but when the audience leapt to its feet in a wave at
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Yes, What You Wear to Church Does Matter 0
- Family, Culture, Featured, MomThink, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 29, 2025
“Does your mom let you wear jeans to church?” So spoke a family friend who was babysitting me and my siblings many years ago when our parents were away for the weekend. I had come downstairs that Sunday morning wearing jeans, a sweater, and a scarf. “Yes,” I said without hesitation. I thought her question
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Men, Build Something 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Western Civilization
- October 29, 2025
Not long ago, a certain meme multiplied across social media platforms involving clips of women asking the men in their lives how often they thought about the Roman Empire. The women in these clips were surprised and bemused when the men replied that they thought about the Roman empire frequently, sometimes multiple times daily. I found the
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‘Truth and Treason’ and the Power of Standing up to One’s Own 0
- Featured, Culture, Entertainment, History, International, Politics, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2025
It’s never easy to admit when you’re wrong – especially when it means standing up to your own people. In the opening scenes of “Truth & Treason,” we see a young Helmuth Hübener craft his “patriotic statement.” It’s 1941, in Hamburg, Germany, and Hübener’s statement is the 16-year-old’s final task to obtain an internship at
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The Canary in the Coal Mine of Culture 3
- Culture, Featured, History, International, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2025
This past month has made me aware that the anti-Zionism and the anti-Semitic bigotry that have infected our news media and college campuses have trickled down into my own community. In one conversation, for instance, a good friend and fellow Catholic almost 50 years younger than I, stunned me with revelations about some of her
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