The elusive power of maternal connection
Defining the experience of familial intimacy is challenging because it is intangible. The clumsy term we have as a stand-in is “quality […]
Books Worth Reading: Else Holmelund Minarik’s Little Bear series
Else Holmelund Minarik’s Little Bear series is the book equivalent of a warm soft blanket on a chilly night. Without being saccharine, […]
Feminist fantasies for which the feminist man must pay
Previously, we examined the self-proclaimed “feminist man” and the ulterior motives that often accompany him. In today’s chapter, we visit another such […]
Practically Speaking: A Very Good Place to Start
There is much to be said for the benefits of practical action. The demons of perfectionism are exorcised by rolling up one’s […]
Principle for life: Let other people solve their own problems
Temple Grandin is the great apologist for “bottom-up thinking,” the practice of allowing the particulars on the ground to determine your thinking […]
Truth in fiction
Faced with our limitations and fallibility, there’s a temptation to reduce the truth to a technicality. So much of our culture is […]
Bigger government is not the answer for frozen Texans and dead Californians
This week, nighttime in southeast Texas is a comfortable 64 degrees. Last week, in a once-in-a-century event, the temperature dipped down to […]
Books Worth Reading: A collection of poetry, Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has […]
The chains of habit
“The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken.” -Warren Buffett The punchy […]
Education for growth
The impulse of much of our culture when thinking about education is strangely reductive. We take a dismal and narrow view of […]