Posts by Jeff Minick

The study of history deepens the humanity of our young people and makes them better equipped to face the challenges of the future.  

Give your children a nudge toward the past, and you may find them off on a lifelong love affair with the American story. 

Give your children a nudge toward the past, and you may find them off on a lifelong love affair with the American story. 

You can’t truly love what you don’t know. Ignorance of the American past means that patriotism, the love for one’s country, will disappear, which in turn transforms that country into a hollow shell of its former self.

You can’t truly love what you don’t know. Ignorance of the American past means that patriotism, the love for one’s country, will disappear, which in turn transforms that country into a hollow shell of its former self.

Men were once criticized for upside-down priorities, for putting career and advancement ahead of their wives and families. In copycatting them, these liberal women have taken an extra step and eradicated husbands and children altogether. 

Men were once criticized for upside-down priorities, for putting career and advancement ahead of their wives and families. In copycatting them, these liberal women have taken an extra step and eradicated husbands and children altogether. 

Poems can help us savor and appreciate life when it’s good and act as a bulwark and booster when it goes bad.

Poems can help us savor and appreciate life when it’s good and act as a bulwark and booster when it goes bad.

For better and for worse, America has spent the last 50 years replacing a patriarchy with a matriarchy. The “oppressors” have become the oppressed. 

For better and for worse, America has spent the last 50 years replacing a patriarchy with a matriarchy. The “oppressors” have become the oppressed. 

The future of America is in good hands. These young adults, the kids I sometimes call them, will be fine, and so will our country.

The future of America is in good hands. These young adults, the kids I sometimes call them, will be fine, and so will our country.

Popcorn books offer some nutritional value, yes, but I tend to consume them as I would a bowl of popcorn, a bit mindlessly, taking pleasure in the consumption as much as in the contents. 

Popcorn books offer some nutritional value, yes, but I tend to consume them as I would a bowl of popcorn, a bit mindlessly, taking pleasure in the consumption as much as in the contents. 

There are many ways of dying, and one of them is feeling alone and alienated from others. The only cure for that condition is us.   

There are many ways of dying, and one of them is feeling alone and alienated from others. The only cure for that condition is us.   

There’s a place for everyone on this work crew rehabbing the house of Western civilization.

There’s a place for everyone on this work crew rehabbing the house of Western civilization.

Love and gratitude make for a good life and a good death.

Love and gratitude make for a good life and a good death.

When we confuse or ignore the “hierarchy of obligations,” which is a hierarchy of love, we wind up like Mrs. Jellyby, a hypocritical do-gooder gone bad.

When we confuse or ignore the “hierarchy of obligations,” which is a hierarchy of love, we wind up like Mrs. Jellyby, a hypocritical do-gooder gone bad.

American freedoms are so much a part of our daily lives, so taken for granted, that we rarely give them a second thought.

American freedoms are so much a part of our daily lives, so taken for granted, that we rarely give them a second thought.

Childhood itself is at stake here. The playing fields of the imagination are being rapidly replaced by digitalized games, social media, and the artifice of screens.   

Childhood itself is at stake here. The playing fields of the imagination are being rapidly replaced by digitalized games, social media, and the artifice of screens.