For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.