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Many of us get sucked into a vortex of living to work instead of working to live.

Are today’s schools, as organized, set up to exclude parents and teach dogmatic principles rather than the 3 Rs?

In America today, thought and language have corrupted behavior and belief. Unless we reject this thought and language that have polluted our culture, the madness will continue. 

Maybe, instead of making light of broken marriages, we should mourn them. After all, when marriages fail in the real world, the effect is devastation, not laughter.

It’s not the big, explosive, noticeable actions that matter in life. It’s the pursuance of truth, goodness, and beauty in the menial actions of our days that will matter in the long run.

Anger over colors seems like a complete waste of time, but looking closer, our national desaturation is a symptom of a larger issue.

The princess longs for a good man who adores her, the knight for a lady worthy of such worship. 

Cracker Barrel’s dilemma is not its logo, but its soul. If it becomes just another beige stopover between Target and Taco Bell, then the Barrel will have rolled itself straight into irrelevance.

"Little Britches" portrays sound family values, particularly in instances where the family takes time to be with each other, gathering around Moody’s mother to hear her read aloud.

In real life, success is not a natural product of obsession.

Do these things, and the next time someone asks about your politics, you can proudly proclaim, “I am an oikophile!”

"The Pete and Bobby Challenge" is inspiring. Not everyone can do it – I certainly can’t – but it’s the sort of thing that most people, with discipline and determination, could eventually succeed in accomplishing.

Today’s schools often kill interest in life. But as Rowe testifies, shop class inspires interest and shows students what is possible beyond the four walls of the school.

A healthy society is connection. An unhealthy one is division. We may not be able to single-handedly restore our country’s political, economic, and social wellbeing, but we can build stronger relationships with those within our orbit.

The old emperor had it right. Want to be a good man? Be one.

There’s an intended, objective meaning to art. And the meaning in “Jesus Christ Superstar” is that Christ wasn’t divine, Judas wasn’t so bad, and people can’t think for themselves. 

Living below your means as a family won’t deprive your children of fun and life advancement. Instead, it may end up helping them.

Many modern conspiracies have been (nervously) laughed off as the meanderings of paranoid lunatics who manufacture connections and patterns where none exist. But should it be contentious to affirm the existence of conspiracies?

“Who can estimate how much we owe to our suffering and pain?” 

Before we are tempted to jeer at the shiftless Gen Z students who believe anything but a job in computer science is beneath them, we must remember who trained them to think that way in the first place.

Many young parents today are realizing that parenthood is not only a boon to their children and society, but also a blessing to themselves. And the larger the family, the more abundant the gift.

Let us not despise that which is simple or mundane, and let us not chase after that which is lavish and unsustainable. Let us strive, instead, to cook and bake and make small but great things.

Despite being the victim of political persecution, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn refused to blame race, or class, or gender, or political party for the evils in the world that were afflicting him. Instead, he took time to examine his own heart.

Gen Z may not think it has much to fight for, but it truly does.

By the time the credits roll, the main message is clear: “Love your family and trust your parents, because they love and care for you.” If this is the new “old Disney,” here’s to hoping there’s more to come.

What would it look like if we refrained our tongues on social media, and instead began investing in face-to-face conversations with others?

If we wish to grow our boys into true manhood, to become stallions rather than geldings, it’s up to us to nourish and guide them on that quest.