Western Civilization

Good Life, Good Death 11
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 11, 2025
Another Ash Wednesday has come and gone. On this day, many Christians attend church, where a priest or a pastor marks their foreheads with a cross made of ashes, saying, “Repent, and believe in the Gospels,” or more traditionally, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” The latter injunction, which derives
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Is Marriage No Longer Worth It for Men?13
- Culture, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 10, 2025
Recently, I dated a man a few times who, as I quickly learned, was opposed to marriage. He pointed out that the legal binding of a marriage puts the man in a very vulnerable position, one in which if – or he would say when – a divorce occurs, his home, children, and livelihood are
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Visit a Coffee Shop and You’ll Realize American Freedoms Are Alive and Well 4
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 3, 2025
Occasionally, two diametrically opposed realities spring to our attention, surprising us by means of their stark contrast and then summoning up unexpected revelations. That happened recently as I was working on my laptop in my favorite coffee shop, Dynamic Life. Behind me 10 women, all of grandmotherly age with Bibles at hand, scooted a couple
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It’s Time for Amish Wisdom to Trump AI 4
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Science, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- February 25, 2025
Recently my Microsoft 365 subscription updated itself to include the Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot, which I now can’t seem to remove from my PC. It insistently offers to take over every time I try to write an email or a Word document. I don’t need or want AI to write my emails and articles
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The Soul Problem of Today’s ‘Identity Crisis’1
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- February 24, 2025
A recent Gallup poll revealed that nearly 10% of American adults identify as LGBTQ. That’s a significant jump, as Gallup’s tracking shows that LGBTQ identity was just under 4% a decade ago. This news also suggests the LGBTQ population has basically achieved “tipping point,” the 10% threshold level at which a minority belief gets accepted
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Homestyle History: Bringing the Past Alive for Kids 2
- Education, Family, Featured, History, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- February 21, 2025
More and more Americans are learning less and less about the history of their own country. The latest results from “The Nation’s Report Card” revealed that eighth-grade scores in American history continued to tumble, with fully 40% of these young people failing to meet even basic level standards. A 2024 survey of college students demonstrated equally dismal results, finding
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