[EXCERPT] “The Irresistible Introvert”
byFar from being bored in silence, introverts are often absorbed in a world of colorful thoughts. We are eager for the pause because it gives us the chance to mentally digest.
Books
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Destitute Mom Gave Him One Hell of an Education
by“Mabel gave Ronald more than a lovely world in which to grow up; she gave him an array of fascinating tools to explore and interpret it.”
The Autism Job Club
byThe Autism Job Club, and hundreds of other local groups across the United States, are experimenting with new employment projects and structures for workers with autism and other neurodiverse conditions.
Why the Bible Doesn’t Stand a Chance Today
byChristians should worry more about Harry Potter usurping the Bible’s narrative in their children’s lives than they should about its magic elements.
“Hillbilly Elegy” or The 100 Year Slump
by“Look at the Hillbillies. They do drugs and lie around like slovenly dullards in their own indolence,” the writer seems to tells us over and over again.
America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
byThe case of jailed abortionist Kermit Gosnell is extreme, but it will shake any reasonable person’s perception of the abortion industry.
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hitler Knew How Important Culture Is
byThe idea of losing German revenue, combined with peer pressure from the other studios, convinced most in Hollywood to ban movies critical of Hitler.
‘Dangerous’: Milo Yiannopoulos Delights to Provoke
byMilo was banned from Twitter for mocking an all-female “Ghostbusters” but Twitter still has “more than 12,000 tweets calling for the death of Donald Trump.”
Huxley Predicted the Future of Education
byInstead of learning literature, history, art, logic, and philosophy, pupils are indoctrinated with class-consciousness and banal slogans.
Jane Austen’s Marriage Challenge
byJane Austen’s subversive message for us today is: it’s marriage that gives romantic love its full scope for happiness and its dividend for society.