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Family: The Key to Thriving Communities and Economies
Hello Friends, One of the best presentations at a recent UN event about families that I attended was given by Joseph Price, an economics professor at Brigham Young University. His presentation was titled “Household Family Structure and the Macroeconomic Welfare of...
Contempt is Keeping Us from Becoming ‘a More Perfect Union’
Many years ago, Neal A. Maxwell, who had served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, likened the spread of sin to spilled milk. He said, “Young parents know how a mere half cup of spilled milk seems to...
Same-sex Politics and the Lie of “Inclusivity”
Hello Friends, Where would our world be without dissenters – those individuals who are willing to stick their necks out (sometimes literally) for what they believe? Well, the United States would be a part of the British Commonwealth, for one. We learn of and honor the...
To Change the Future, Children Need History
Hello Friends, When I was young, my grandmothers told me stories about my family – about my grandfather who died before I was born who made his living as a professional musician and my great-grandfather who was a teacher and school administrator in the Hawaiian...
Current Culture Sabotages the Capacity for Happiness
Hello Friends, Despite the fact that family is most frequently mentioned as the greatest source of meaning and fulfillment in life, young people are having difficulty forming families. It turns out that modern society and modern values make it hard to establish...
Our Modern Culture War: LGBTQ Rights vs. Religious Liberty
Hello Friends, The term “culture war” is not one I use lightly. The first time I heard it used, I was still fairly young and striving to make sense of the political climate of the times. The term comes from the German Kulturkampf, or culture struggle, and was first...
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Lessons from Dumbledore: Standing Up to Anti-Science Activism
By Tori Black In the first of the Harry Potter books, The Sorcerer’s Stone, the headmaster, Dumbledore, shares this bit of wisdom: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” JK Rowling, the author of the...
Bethlehem and the Gift of the Family
Contributed by Tori Black Every December for the last three years, I have participated in a community event in San Diego celebrating the season in inspired word and song. Every year is a witness of hearts and lives changed just by spending an hour and a half listening...
The Equal Rights Amendment – Not Dead and Still Dangerous
This image is from the Florida Memory Project hosted at the State Archive of Florida and is released to the public domain in the United States under the terms of Section 257.35(6), Florida Statutes. By Tori Black On her first day of work, Amelia Bedelia, the...
Thanksgiving Food for Thought
By Tori Black Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays: a day to gather with those we love and focus on all that we have to be grateful for. It also tends to feel a little squeezed though: the four-day break that separates the costumes and candy of...
Preparing Children to Guard Their Hearts and Minds
By Eleah Boyd According to statista.com, there are somewhere between 500,000 and one million newly published book titles every year in the United States. With the cost-effectiveness of small print runs and digital book publishing, self-publishing is easier than ever....
The Pernicious Effect of Pornography on Home and Society
Contributed by Tori Black United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Author Mary Day Winn once said, “Sex is the tabasco sauce which an adolescent national palate sprinkles on every course of the menu.”...