Full disclosure: empty-nest parent here. I know I’m not up-to-date on the latest parenting how-tos. This schooling by Zoom has completely passed me by. I have no idea what SPF they’re recommending in kids’ sunscreen this year. And if I had to buy some baby food, I might walk right down the aisle, not recognizing that all those plastic packs and squeeze tubes ARE [...]
My father was a smart fisherman. He never had the spare time to stand in a stream, outfitted in waders, tossing his line over the water. But he made friends with the fellows who did. Every so often, they came around, offering us some fresh-caught trout. Out came Mom’s skillet, the oil, the cornmeal. And we had a tasty supper. This was fish with [...]
Hey folks, I just lost the draft of my post on Alex Epstein’s The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. So let's just go with a few quotes: This book is about morality, about right and wrong. To me, the question of what to do about fossil fuels and any other moral issue comes down to: What will promote human life? What will promote human [...]
I used to read Mormon blogs addictively, in spite of disagreeing with much of what their writers had to say. Many take issue with the Church’s “Proclamation on the Family.” I believe they miss the mark and speak my mind here. We’ve enjoyed ourselves a sexual revolution because technology sweeps the short-term consequences away. I wouldn’t bet, though, on escaping the long-term consequences, even [...]
How familiar are you with the Qu’ran? Do you think you ought to more about it? William Federer thinks you do. In his book, What Every American Needs to Know About the Qu’ran - A History of Islam & the United States, he offers quick snippets of history that bring you up to date on the highlights of Islam since Mohammed appeared on the [...]
If your parents had strict rules and you are still feeling upset about it, perhaps you would rather have had Moira Greyland’s parents. Moira’s mother was Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of the Mists of Avalon series. Her father, Walter Breen established himself as an expert numismatist (coin collecting). Now that we’ve got their public personas out of the way, let’s turn to Greyland’s account [...]
You’ve met author Jennifer Roback Morse in these pages before. Now she’s back with her newest book, The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Catholic Church Was Right All Along. In its pages, she makes the case that the Sexual Revolution wasn’t as organic as some teenage no-parents party. Laws were passed, grants were granted, court cases were filed. Case [...]
I presume you’ve got some kind of Christmas excitement going at your house. So let me ruin that buoyant mood with this question: Why do we have to put up with this? And this? And this? Depending on your appetite for this subject, you can find your answers in Stephen R. C. Hicks’ Explaining Postmodernism. Yep, today’s culture-gone-berserk can be blamed on a few long-dead [...]
