When Adolescents Control the Culture: It's Not a Pretty Picture

Editor's note: The latest issue of the Les Femmes newsletter is in mailboxes around the country. It's not posted on line yet, but here's the lead article. How do you like living in a culture where people in grown up bodies, but with the minds of juveniles, are running the show? It may look good in Home Alone, but how does it work in the real world?

The adolescent years represent a real challenge. If any stage of development can be described as “the best of times and the worst of times” it’s that confusing period between childhood and adulthood. Filled with noble ideals, youth often rebel against the people who can help achieve them. Normally, it’s just a stage, with its major characteristic being uncertainty. As Catholic psychiatrist Rudolf Allers says: 

Great News! As the Culture War Rages, Lovers of Truth are Engaging on the Battlefield.

This post at the Sarmaticus blog should thrill the hearts of all lovers of truth. 

The Uprising is Spreading

The post is long and includes a 50 minute video about a Lancaster group fighting the good fight. (I only watched a bit of it since my focus was on the  establishment of an alternative source for higher education.) What an exciting era in which to live! The post is long but well worth reading. It's way past time for colleges and universities, especially so called "prestigious" institutions, to experience some healthy competition.