That Girl has been ruminating on maintaining her peace of mind in contemporary culture.
At the risk of sounding dismissive, I will venture to say that -- very generally
speaking -- the horrific things that happen today to kids aren't all
that different than the horrific things that have always been
happening. But because we react so strongly to it, the horrifying stuff
gets the highest play. Over the past five years the media has seemed to
teach us us that kids are kidnapped all the time. They aren't. It's
rare. And the majority of kidnappings are actually done by
non-custodial parents. Not that the genuine kidnappings are any less
horrific, but they aren't as prevalent as the almighty media would have
us believe.
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Patrick Nielson Hayden says of l'affaire Helaine Olen
That's what's interesting about this story: the values implicit in Olen's decision to write this essay and the Times'
decision to publish it. It's increasingly clear that the people who
control our national media are as unreflective an elite as the Bourbon
royal court. Helaine Olen doesn't just enjoy massive privileges; she
enjoys the privilege of never, ever having to think about her
privileges.
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I don't often agree with Doc Russia's politics, but I would like to have him as my physician down the road.
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One of the things I've been thinking about is raising an intellectually and emotionally robust child in contemporary society, with its consumerism and entitlement and "self esteem".
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