Source: Anthony Esolen via The Catholic Thing. Reprinted with permission. One of my neighbors is a pleasant and apparently hard-working young man with a child by a marriage that smashed on the rocks. He has nothing good to say about his ex-wife, so he says nothing at all, though you […]
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Procreating Alone
Source: Kevin Schmiesing via thepublicdiscourse.com Reprinted with permission. If sexual attraction is one powerful force that God built into the world to counteract the individual’s inclination to self-absorption, then the combination of technological and cultural assaults on this urge doesn’t threaten only the formation of families, the basic unit of […]
Steen: ‘No’ side’s referendum victory the “best Mother’s Day present ever”
Source: Gript Media via YouTube. “It’s just the best Mother’s Day present ever”: Campaigner Maria Steen has hailed the win of the ‘No’ side in #Referendum2024 as a “victory for common sense.” Laoise de Brún of The Countess says the result shows a disconnect between the public and the “NGO […]
‘Childfree’ may not be as freeing as it sounds
Source: Tamara El-Rahi via mercatornet.com. Reprinted with permission. A case for having kids rather than avoiding them altogether. As The Guardian UK runs a whole series on being childfree, I wonder where they’ve put all the articles that make the case for having kids. Of course there are many reasons for choosing not […]
A Christian Response to Wokeness
Source: Franciscan University of Steubenville via YouTube Noelle Mering, author of “Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology,” shares with the Leadership Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenville how Christians should respond to woke ideology in today’s culture. Visit https://franciscan.edu/leadership-ins… to learn more about the […]
Everything Depends on the Family!
Rules and governing restrictions are used every day in countless ways to refine that which is crude and unmeasured into something refined and more capable. We recognize this principle in countless ways in our daily lives except for one critical area: which is sex. We say, in this instance, we don’t need any thing that governs our behaviour except the absolute minimum. So, as long as you can find another willing adult, have at ‘er.
STEVE JOBS’ LAST WORDS
Source: Channel N – TV via YouTube This video recounts some of Steve Jobs’ reflections on life having reached the end of his. It recounts how he saw his career, business, wealth, family, life and relationships with greater clarity. The voice-over may not be the best, but the more important […]
Faith and Family Play a Bigger Role in Academic Achievement Than Race or Socioeconomic Status
Source: William Jeynes via thepublicdiscourse.comOriginally appeared int Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton NJ, and is reprinted with permission. William Jeynes is Professor of Education at California State University, Long Beach. He graduated first in his class from Harvard University. He has served as a speaker and advisor for […]