The Collection: Coping by chemistry

Leslie Loftis
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2 min readApr 2, 2017
Vintage ad for morphine teething syrup via iO9

Week of March 26-April 1st

Social Trust and the Heroin Epidemic by Amber Lapp | Institute for Family Studies

What’s the Matter With Small Town America? by Salena Zito| Washington Examiner

Why Fury Over Emmett Till at the Whitney Biennial Artwork is So Dangerous by Cathy Young | Forward

Washington DC, now requires childcare workers to have a college degree by Shoshana Weissmann | Washington Examiner

The Folly of Health Insurance Tied to Employment by Leslie Loftis | Observer

VIDEO: Ginny Thomas interviews Twila Brase on What Went Wrong With Ryancare

Evergreen perspectives

A long look back, a 2013 look back to a 1999 article on family drug use: Why Ritalin Still Rules by Mary Eberstadt | National Review

Yesterday was Infertility Awareness Shabbat: The Pain of Infertility in the Jewish Community by Melissa Braunstein | AltFem

Variations on a theme: Benedict Option

As mentioned, a new advice book on Christian Life in the modern era, The Benedict Option, dropped a few weeks ago. As expected, women of the right are still discussing the book. (And the last piece is some related history context.)

The Benedict Option Can’t Save Your Faith or Your Family by Luma Simms | The Federalist

Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style by Bethany Mandel | First Things

Walking the Cultural Tightrope by Cheryl Magness

Pope Francis as Historian by Bronwen Catherine McShea | First Things

From the magazine

The empty message of feminism by trudywschuett

There Must Be More To This Provencial Life by EdgeOfTheSandbox

The Business of Living versus Rasing A Human Life by slmgoldberg

The vintage teething syrup ad via iO9 for the banner shot had many other examples of past drugs for children.

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Leslie Loftis
Iron Ladies

Teacher of life admin and curator of commentary. Occasional writer.