A Dad Shows Up In Pop Media

R. Scott Clark

on August 5, 2014 | 21 Comments

Dad hasn’t fared well in pop culture for a long time. I suppose there have been a few positive portrayals of father in pop culture in recent decades but it isn’t easy to think of them. Dad did reasonably well in the . . . Continue reading →

Dad: More Than Outcomes

R. Scott Clark

on July 13, 2014 | 1 Comment

All of this focus on “outcomes,” such as graduation rates, employment statistics, etc. is BOGUS. It has nothing to do with the value of the relationship. A good child-father relationship has a value beyond measure. Not just for the happiness of the . . . Continue reading →

Silent Dissent No Longer Permitted

R. Scott Clark

on July 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

The message to all employees is perfectly clear: You are expected to fall into line with the approved and required thinking. Nothing short of assent is acceptable. Silent dissent will no longer be permitted. — Anonymous Employee at Chase Bank

It All Depends Upon Who Says It

R. Scott Clark

on May 17, 2014

As a follow up to my recent interview with Stella Morabito I thought that this clip illustrates some important realities that we discussed. Joe Klein and Jeff Greenfield have impeccable mainstream media credentials. Klein writes for Time. Greenfield is perhaps best known . . . Continue reading →

Murphy Brown Is Still Wrong And Her Choice Affects Freedom

R. Scott Clark

on May 7, 2014 | 1 Comment

Ultimately, the Cahn-Carbone argument is about separation and isolation. It serves primarily to separate people and separate families. And it’s another example of how children are the pawns and political footballs in just about every so-called “progressive” agenda. Ironically, the argument also . . . Continue reading →

A Rebuke To Hubris

R. Scott Clark

on May 1, 2014 | 15 Comments

The Modernist creed was 1. The universal fatherhood of God 2. The Universal brotherhood of man 3. Human perfectibility I remember hearing a teacher say, perhaps ironically (it was 4th grade after all), “We’re getting better every day, in every way.” Then . . . Continue reading →

Morabito: This Is A Test AND An Actual Emergency

R. Scott Clark

on April 29, 2014 | 1 Comment

Lots of folks have been scratching their heads wondering how genderless marriage — which seemed just a fantasy on the fringes just a decade or so ago — so quickly became a reality of American public policy today. There are a lot . . . Continue reading →

You Are Not Special

R. Scott Clark

on April 25, 2014 | 3 Comments

Earth Day Irony

R. Scott Clark

on April 22, 2014 | 8 Comments

(HT: Roy Spencer, PhD)

Mollie Is Ok With Being A Woman

R. Scott Clark

on April 18, 2014

I love being female, and I’m actually quite confident about being a woman, but the only time I even come close to feeling bad about myself is when major media outlets and elite feminists use their power to tell me there’s some . . . Continue reading →

Two Men And An iPad = Fun

R. Scott Clark

on March 21, 2014 | 7 Comments

If Great Grandpa Could Talk To You Now

R. Scott Clark

on March 13, 2014 | 8 Comments

The Michael Sam Case: Is Being Homosexual The Same As Being Black?

R. Scott Clark

on February 11, 2014 | 16 Comments

Late at night and sometimes in the middle of the night I listen to sport-talk radio as a distraction, so I can sleep. Sports-talk radio is usually inconsequential and it works. Sometimes, however, real life intrudes into Nebraska football talk. That happened . . . Continue reading →

The Power Of The Fear Of Social Isolation

R. Scott Clark

on February 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

The elites who wield politically correct agendas – whether in academia, in the media, or in Hollywood — know these social dynamics very well. They understand your fear of social isolation perhaps better than you do yourself. How else could they manipulate . . . Continue reading →

The God Complex Of Social Elites

R. Scott Clark

on February 5, 2014 | 4 Comments

If nothing else, Dylan Farrow’s letter is a wake-up call. It’s time for us to pour a lot of cold water on the notion that the elites – those controlling the media, Hollywood, politics, and academia — are entitled to a separate . . . Continue reading →

Stupid Myths About Creativity

R. Scott Clark

on February 4, 2014

The belief that there exists some kind of deep and invisible connection between artistic creativity and addiction (or mental illness) is one of the most destructive and most stupid of our contemporary myths. —Kevin D. Williamson, “Glamour Junkies”

And Now For Something Completely Different: Pansexuality

R. Scott Clark

on February 3, 2014 | 1 Comment

Do you remember a time when politicians were admired for their actions? [Insert sound of crickets chirping here] Texas State Representative Mary Gonzalez is an admirable person. She is the first openly pansexaul politician in American history. If you’re unfamiliar with the . . . Continue reading →

No One Really Turns 5-Year Olds Loose To Save The World

R. Scott Clark

on January 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

This tribalism is damaging to children. Young people long to belong to something bigger than themselves (and this means bigger than their own generation). Children need community, structure, guidance, and history. In short, they need to belong to a culture instead of . . . Continue reading →

Ben Is Speaking Up About Religious Liberty

R. Scott Clark

on January 16, 2014 | 4 Comments

An Insurance Company With A Navy

R. Scott Clark

on January 16, 2014 | 1 Comment

Most of us were taught that government exists to provide for the common defense—a military and a social-safety net—but the actual budgets show that our government has become a big insurance company that also runs a navy. Read more» —Ben Sasse January . . . Continue reading →

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