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November 18, 2022
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The Advice Column of Expressive Individualism
Devorah Goldman
Public Discourse
Carolyn Hax of the Washington Post recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of her syndicated advice column, which is read by millions every day. In many ways the perfect pragmatic liberal, Hax consistently communicates a worldview in which no one owes much of anything to anyone, except in the most transactional way. (The sole exception seems to be the duty of parents toward minor children).

In one archetypal example, a divorced woman—let’s call her Anne—wrote in to ask whether she should consider herself obligated to take her children to see their paternal grandmother, an elderly and infirm woman who lived near Anne’s parents. Anne’s ex-husband had become estranged from his own mother after divorcing Anne and remarrying, but Anne had felt compelled to maintain a connection between her children and their grandmother. She concluded with two questions: “How do I balance ‘I might regret neglecting a lonely ill person’ with ‘But she makes it so hard and I’m tired and she’s not even my relative’?”

The responses are revealing.
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Despite setbacks for pro-lifers, the midterms taught us that the fight for life is not doomed ([link removed]) at the ballot box, writes Alexandra DeSanctis with Tim Busch in National Review.
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"Life begins in dependence and remains inseparable from unchosen obligations."

Nathanael Blake discusses the anthropology ([link removed]) under the hood of liberal views in Public Discourse.
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The midterm results ([link removed]) suggest something about the American civic mind, according to Lance Morrow in The Wall Street Journal.
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The Christian faith and morals of the American Midwest played an oft-disregarded role ([link removed]) in the US' long struggle against slavery and discrimination. Stanley Kurtz brings perspective to American history and education for National Review Online.
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"Unity in a family, including the family of the Church, can be fragile," writes Fran X. Maier in First Things. It follows that confusion ([link removed]) in either of these communities has its cost.
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Noelle Mering on Why We Need Fatherhood

Facing a culture convinced of the absolute value of autonomy and independence, Noelle and Helen discuss the place of fatherhood in the happy, fulfilled human life.

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Alexandra DeSanctis with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Alexandra DeSanctis joined Conservative Conversations with ISI to discuss abortion, the pro-life agenda, and the philosophy behind the pro-abortion viewpoint. Listen to the entire episode on Spotify ([link removed]) or Buzzsprout ([link removed]) .
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