Commentary America is a nation of joiners. When the French aristocrat and political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the early 1830s, he was astonished at all the ways Americans associated. He wrote, “Of all countries in the world, America has taken greatest advantage of association and has applied this powerful means of action…
How to Have Meaningful Conversations About Money With Your Spouse
My dad, Dave Ramsey, filed for bankruptcy the year I was born. My older sister was about three. So, with a brand-new baby, a toddler, and as dad says all the time, “a marriage hanging by a thread,” things hit rock bottom. Hard. It took them a good five years to climb out of that hole—right around…
Dads And Kids’ Dancing Routine
What a great way to build a father-children bond!
In an Uncertain World, What’s a Mom to Do?
We are living through troubling times. When the future is unclear and the weight of the world seems ever increasing, what’s a mom to do? In the face of such uncertainty, the work of a mother is as important as ever. Increase Hugs Whatever your current hugging regimen in your household, up the ante. It’s good…
Adopted Texas Woman Meets Birth Parents for First Time in 62 Years Using DNA Test Kit
A Hunt County, Texas, woman says she has “a lot to be thankful for” in 2020, even though it’s a year that brought hardship to so many. For Anna Taylor, this is the year she was reunited with her birth parents, more than six decades after being put up for adoption. And she has since…
The Endgame of Transgender Ideology Is to Dismantle the Family
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her fellow gender-inclusive enthusiasts have taken a bold and much-disparaged move to erase language that expresses the reality of familial relationships. In the name of inclusivity, words such as “father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law” might be erased from…
The Family Fades as Governments Subsidize Daycares and Nursing Homes
Commentary Human life is given meaning and sustenance by various forms of community: the church, the nuclear family, the extended family, fraternal organizations, businesses, etc. But as the state has grown, civil society has shrunk. The state over the centuries has absorbed an increasing share of the resources, functions, and moral authority of these other…
Feeding Your Family After the Holidays
If your kitchen looked anything like mine this holiday season, there was a constant stream of cookies and pies, rich sauces and fatty meats, chips, dips, cheeses, crackers, and candies—oh my! It was delightful and delicious, but we’ve had our fill. Now that the gifts have been unwrapped, the halls un-decked, and the goodies consumed,…
The Four F’s and Four G’s: How Western Social and Moral Life Has Been Radically Altered
Commentary Countries that undergo a peaceful regime change from free and open to closed and less free, usually do so by accepting the gradual substitution of one set of values for another. They abandon what I call the four F’s and begin accepting the four G’s as their new belief system. The Four F’s are:…
When Mom Ain’t Happy
You know it’s true: “If Mom ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” So, Mom, why ain’t you happy? The answer may be simpler than you think. The next time you find yourself overwhelmed, frustrated, in a bad mood, and perhaps taking it out on your family, or just generally feeling that you’re not the mom you…
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