The fruits of the self-esteem movement

Welcome to the brave new world of young people inculcated with self-esteem.
These delicate flowers will not tolerate anything, ANYTHING, that makes them feel uncomfortable, bilious, or flustered. Can you blame them? After all, no one wants to feel uncomfortable, right?

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A microcosm of stagnation

“There he is again.” My car had pulled up to the stop light just off of I 80. A guy stood next to the road holding a sign announcing his state of poverty …

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Sex, violence, and self-esteem

“These studies show not only that self-esteem fails to accomplish what we had hoped, but also that it can backfire and contribute to some of the very problems it was thought to thwart.”

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