Category: Traditional Culture

Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Light on the Hills

Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over the world. We hope the stories and messages in our Tales of Wisdom series help uplift the hearts and minds of our readers. This retold tale, “The Light on the Hills,” is one of many audio stories…


How Alexander the Great Became Great, Part 3

Based the earliest surviving historical source on Alexander the Great, Diodorus Siculus (90–30 B.C.), we have seen the defining characteristics that made Alexander great over the course of most of his short life. These were his characteristics of building a brotherhood with his men, displaying good manners—even to those he conquered—and having faith in the…


Divinely Inspired Traditional Feminism: God-Gifted Roles for Females Are Timeless

Gender roles have been honored throughout the ages in all cultures as God-given roles until socialism and communism sneaked their way into free societies, labeling traditional families as “comfortable concentration camps” for women. The importance of the divine, as well as the family, has been pushed out in the bible of leftist feminist tradition, as…


American Place-Names: Ties That Bind

Long ago, when I first met my sister-in-law to-be, a student in her early 20s, she asked me where I’d grown up. I told her that I’d spent my elementary school years in Boonville, North Carolina, and that we’d moved to Winston-Salem when I was in high school. She pondered my remarks for a moment,…


Ancient Tales of Wisdom: Heaven Honors the Man Who is Truly Concerned for the People

Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over the world. We hope the stories and messages in our Tales of Wisdom series help uplift the hearts and minds of our readers. This retold tale, “Heaven Honors the Man Who is Truly Concerned for the People,”…


Can One Avoid Fate? Part 1

One of the most important components of our life as human beings is the feeling and the knowing that we have a purpose. As cultural commentator David Brooks observes in his book “The Road to Character,” “A mature person possesses a settled unity of purpose.” But whether a sense of purpose is needed for maturity…


Ancient Tales of Wisdom: A Glimpse of Mozart

Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over the world. We hope the stories and messages in our Tales of Wisdom series help uplift the hearts and minds of our readers. This retold tale, “A Glimpse of Mozart,” is one of many audio stories from…


An Event to Remember: The Consequences of Pearl Harbor

Many of the planes came in low over the harbor that Sunday morning, unleashing their torpedoes on the moored ships and dropping their bombs on other vessels or on aircraft parked wing to wing on airfields. As Navy Admiral William Furlong said of the first plane that passed over his ship, the pilot was so…


Ancient Tales of Wisdom: A Dumb Witness

Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over the world. We hope the stories and messages in our Tales of Wisdom series help uplift the hearts and minds of our readers. This retold tale, “A Dumb Witness,” is one of many audio stories from the…


Carlos Martinez Grows Community Connections

Carlos Martinez leads GreenThumb, New York City’s massive community gardening program. He spoke to The Epoch Times about his childhood in Colombia, the Green Map System, his work on an abandoned burial ground, and his personal environmental “war cry.” The Epoch Times: Can you tell me a little bit about your background and how you…