Just how important family relationships are can be seen in health benefits that come from warm ties. There was a study done in the fifties that took a group of randomly chosen Harvard students and asked them to describe the warmth of their relationships with their parents. Some thirty-five years later, a check of their … Read more
Individualism is so ingrained in American culture that it almost becomes a religious ideal with a zeal that borders on fanaticism. In such a culture, it is not principles and morals that govern our action but merely the whims and desires of the individual. Read the popular article: We Must Resist the Temptation to Secession … Read more
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision mandating same-sex “marriage” nationwide is being heralded as the decisive blow in the nation’s Culture War. It is proof, pundits say, that Christianity is in decline and the massive reaction to the sexual revolution of the sixties has failed. Culture Warriors are now being urged to bow to the inevitable … Read more
The video above is a very picturesque story of two Peruvian villages that get together every year for three days to build a bridge across the river separating them. Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return to Order Petition The bridge is made of woven grass that is twisted into huge rope … Read more
As the nation enters another exhausting election cycle, there is ever growing frustration with government. America is polarized and unable to move forward. Some believe the solution lies in forgetting about moral issues and just doing what it takes to return to power and prosperity. Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return … Read more
In the rush to sell products to consumers, some marketers often seek to create demand by appealing to lower appetites and desire for prestige. Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return to Order Petition For them, the market is only a means to make money and not a way to improve society … Read more
As the fall semester begins, students are attending classes and incurring great debt. Uphold Marriage and the Family; Uphold Society: Sign the Return to Order Petition A July report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia finds that student loans have increased tenfold since 1999. Even worse is the acceleration of this debt over the … Read more
Much of modern economic thought is based on the idea of man as the “rational optimizer” who always judges his needs and efficiently uses the means at hand to reach his goal. The market supposedly reflects this idea of man. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. … Read more
“The more precise the form in which money renders its services, the smaller is the quantity of money required and the more easily can its place be taken by a more rapid circulation.” (Taken from Georg Simmel, The Philosophy of Money, Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 195.)
“Modern culture is defined by this extraordinary freedom to ransack the world storehouse and to engorge any and every style it comes upon,” writes Daniel Bell in his book The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. This notion of culture is defined by the individual’s claimed right to experience everything in the name of self-fulfillment. It is … Read more
