Posts by Annie Holmquist

The story of Nehemiah and his cohorts rebuilding the foundations of their city in record time should give us hope that all is not lost for our own nation.

The story of Nehemiah and his cohorts rebuilding the foundations of their city in record time should give us hope that all is not lost for our own nation.

In our urbanized culture, many consumers have little concept of where their food comes from or what went into making and processing it. But such a situation is simply another knock against our personal freedom.

In our urbanized culture, many consumers have little concept of where their food comes from or what went into making and processing it. But such a situation is simply another knock against our personal freedom.

If we want others to respect our beliefs, ideas and persons, then why not put our best foot forward from the get-go, signaling through our clothes the respect we both expect to give and take?

When schools fail to teach students to do something useful with their minds and bodies, creating beautiful things, they deprive the next generation of a joy-filled life.

When schools fail to teach students to do something useful with their minds and bodies, creating beautiful things, they deprive the next generation of a joy-filled life.

The study lists the stereotypical masculine characteristics – “competitive, daring, adventurous, dominant, aggressive, courageous and standing up to pressure” – as positive traits, and fathers who demonstrated these were “rated as showing good parenting behavior.”

The study lists the stereotypical masculine characteristics – “competitive, daring, adventurous, dominant, aggressive, courageous and standing up to pressure” – as positive traits, and fathers who demonstrated these were “rated as showing good parenting behavior.”

The family is a small nation, and the more we have of these tiny nations, functioning properly and refusing to break apart, the more we as a large nation are able to resist tyranny, government overreach, and other breaches of our freedom.

The family is a small nation, and the more we have of these tiny nations, functioning properly and refusing to break apart, the more we as a large nation are able to resist tyranny, government overreach, and other breaches of our freedom.

Teach your children to know and love truth. Your children will thank you, and so will your countrymen.

Teach your children to know and love truth. Your children will thank you, and so will your countrymen.

Mark Zuckerberg thinks you don’t have enough friends, so he's here to help ... with robot friends.

Mark Zuckerberg thinks you don’t have enough friends, so he's here to help ... with robot friends.

Let’s encourage mothers as they go through the daily grind, rather than lecturing them on how many children they have or asking when they’re going to get a real job. Because it’s those women who are raising one of the few hopes we have for the future.

Let’s encourage mothers as they go through the daily grind, rather than lecturing them on how many children they have or asking when they’re going to get a real job. Because it’s those women who are raising one of the few hopes we have for the future.

Whether or not Hollywood dies a slow natural death on its own – as it seems to currently be doing – or if it’s killed off by tariffs as many movie executives fear, it has accomplished a lot in terms of influence over the years … for better or for worse.

Whether or not Hollywood dies a slow natural death on its own – as it seems to currently be doing – or if it’s killed off by tariffs as many movie executives fear, it has accomplished a lot in terms of influence over the years … for better or for worse.

Kipling's funny little poem offers us hope that all the vain prattling about critical theory and relative truth will eventually be exposed, and people will return to the truth “That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four.”

Kipling's funny little poem offers us hope that all the vain prattling about critical theory and relative truth will eventually be exposed, and people will return to the truth “That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four.”

Many Americans are seeing the need to move away from the secular neutrality we’ve practiced in recent decades and instead plant the flag through spiritual grounding and Christian beliefs. Doing so is not as hard as we make it out to be.

Many Americans are seeing the need to move away from the secular neutrality we’ve practiced in recent decades and instead plant the flag through spiritual grounding and Christian beliefs. Doing so is not as hard as we make it out to be.

Powerful individuals like Randi Weingarten like to tell us that teaching diversity and acceptance is the be-all-end-all of education, and that things like American values will only disrupt such lessons. That may be true. But then, such lessons were never the original goal of schooling in America anyway.

Powerful individuals like Randi Weingarten like to tell us that teaching diversity and acceptance is the be-all-end-all of education, and that things like American values will only disrupt such lessons. That may be true. But then, such lessons were never the original goal of schooling in America anyway.

Resist the spirit of the age, and you just may raise the leaders of the next generation.

Resist the spirit of the age, and you just may raise the leaders of the next generation.