A military wife, who has seven children with her husband in the U.S. Air Force, has opened up about the faith-driven, humungous task of homeschooling during her husband’s long deployments, and the love that makes every second worthwhile. Stay-at-home mom Marcie Ball, 37, was a teacher until 2010 when she had her first child. She…
Mom Single-Handedly Homeschools 7 Kids During Air Force Husband’s Longest Deployment
July 8, 2022
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For the Love of Naples: Opening a Rare Ancient Greek Art Treasure
Italian hotel owner Alessandra Calise Martuscelli is fulfilling her dream to help improve her city of birth, Naples, by restoring a rare part of the city’s ancient Greek heritage. Around 600 B.C., the Greeks founded Naples as Neapolis (New City). Alessandra Calise Martuscelli and her family have recently opened the rare, ancient Greek Ipogeo dei…
Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
July 7, 2022
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Among the lords of light literature, Sherlock Holmes towers. There is not much mystery about it, either. It is really quite “elementary, my dear Watson.” “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,” published in 1892–93 in “The Strand Magazine” by Arthur Conan Doyle, are a collection of 12 remarkable cases in Mr. Holmes’ remarkable career. These include the…
Baby Born at 11 Ounces Smallest to Survive in Hospital’s NICU, Finally Heads Home
The smallest baby ever to be born, and survive, in one Indiana hospital’s NICU has finally been discharged after 6 1/2 months. She headed home with her elated parents and has been doing well. Baby Audrey was born to first-time parents Brooke and Tim Mead of Southwest Michigan on Thanksgiving, 2021. She weighed just 10.9 ounces (310…
Black Robes in a Marble Palace: A Look at the Supreme Court of the United States
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6-3 in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. That judgment overturned two previous cases that had come before the Court, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey….
Teen Prodigy Started His Own Business at Age 7, Penned His Autobiography While Homeschooling Himself
A late Utah teen entrepreneur and environmentalist, who homeschooled himself, penned an autobiography at the tender age of 14 to tell the story of his short but extraordinary journey, and many have since called him a prodigy. At the age of 6, Kevin Cooper—who chose the pseudonym Cole Summers—was fixing vehicles on his parents’ farm…
Book Review: 2018’s ‘Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father’
As I finished the last pages of Peter Stark’s “Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father,” I could hear the distant bursts of fireworks—early celebrations for the Fourth of July. Very fitting as I closed a read capturing the early life of our nation’s first president. I very much enjoyed (and reviewed…
Dear Next Generation: The Preciousness of Old Letters
Your recent article “Missed Opportunities” caused me to think of something I’ve always wanted to share with my children, grandchildren, and friends for some time now. And that is the lost art of letter writing. When I was growing up in the ’40s and ’50s, I received and wrote to my dad (in the service),…
How to Get Kids to Appreciate Classical Music and Why
Classical music was born in the halls of churches and monasteries. At its heart lies divine inspiration. It’s a gift given to humankind for devotion, enjoyment, and discipline. It’s one of those precious aspects of our culture that allows us to stay connected to our maker. The composers of old knew this. Many of them,…
‘Drums Along the Mohawk’ From 1939: The Fight for Independence
July 4, 2022
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Although we sometimes slip into calling this holiday the Fourth of July instead of Independence Day, that name diminishes its meaning. After all, it’s an anniversary of one of the most important events in American history, the Declaration of Independence, which was the beginning of the freedom the United States has enjoyed for almost two…
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