These 150 Paula Bolyard Articles & Blog Posts Will Inspire You

So far in this ongoing series compiling and organizing the best work from PJ Lifestyle’s contributors I’ve focused on critics and analysts of popular culture from all over the place. To the north in Canada, the punk rock capitalist canadian: “136 Kathy Shaidle Articles That Expand Your Appreciation of Life and Culture.” To the South, guaranteed smiles from a gifted Georgia writer: “116 Articles Exploring American Culture by Chris Queen.” And to the East Coast, in the wilderness of New Jersey, taking back feminism: “194 Articles and Blog Posts Showcasing Susan L.M. Goldberg’s Compelling Culture Commentaries”

Also check out these shorter collections from two newer contributors, focusing on war and comic books: “Don’t Miss These 20 James Jay Carafano Articles Exploring War’s Impact on Pop Culture” and “15 Great Lists Debating Comic Books and Pop Culture by Pierre Comtois.”

Today I highlight two more PJ Lifestyle writers who lead the way in other important fronts in the culture wars. What more appropriate way to promote the section’s family themes than to showcase the diverse perspectives from a mom and a dad? Paula Bolyard and Walter Hudson have both been inspirations to edit, learn from, and befriend over the past few years. They’ve both helped to shape my thinking for the day when I become a parent. Take a look at some of their articles and you’ll see why I’m so optimistic about the impact they can both have on the culture…

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Paula is tremendously persuasive and compelling in her journalism exploring the world of home schooling. Her critiques of public school education and teachers unions have also shaped my perspective. When I have children someday they’ll be homeschooled. That’s Paula. She’ll change your mind too.

But Paula illuminates on a whole swath of issues. Our collaborations began when PJ was looking for an Ohio contributor in 2012. Paula provided very insightful, accessible coverage then and has returned to covering her home states’s news political controversies, and culture. Post-election I was eager to see Paula explore other topics. She’s had many successful articles on everything from parenting advice to religious commentaries to life reflections to goofy nostalgia pieces. Her pro-life articles are some of the best I’ve ever read — models of how to articulate values and win over fence-sitters.

After you check out a few of Paula’s articles please get in touch with us and let us know what kinds of ideas you’d like to see her explore in the future. Please leave your comments or hit us up on Twitter: @Pbolyard and @DaveSwindle

And now also check out today: “125 Articles and Blog Posts Showcasing the Wit & Wisdom of Walter Hudson.”

Education

1. When Teachers Act Like Thugs ‘for the Children!’
2. A Parent Guide to Teachers’ Unions
3. Has a Century of Progressive Education Turned Us into Obedient Sheep?
4. Should Parents Take Over Failing Schools?
5. When Radical Teachers Occupy the Department of Education
6. Can the Left and Right Find Common Ground on Common Core and High-Stakes Testing?
7. Arming Teachers in Schools
8. What is the Cultural Profile for the Class of 2017?
9. Shelter-in-Place: This Generation’s Duck-and-Cover
10. Weeping, Confession, and Hugs Replace Reading, Writing, and Math at School
11. 10 Terrible Common Core Homework Assignments
12. Should Colleges Have Parent-Teacher Conferences?
13. Are We Getting Carried Away With Common Core Curriculum Phobia?
14. 10 Things Your Kids May Never Read Because Common Core Neglects Cursive
15. How Parents Are Winning the Common Core Debate
16. Common Core: As Untested as the U.S. Speed Skating Suits
17. How Can Parents Fight Back Against Federal Bleacher Bullies?
18. Ohio Lawmakers Hold Common Core Repeal Hearings
19. Terrorist-Supporting Kent State Professor’s Incendiary, Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
20. More Outrage at Kent State About a Sweatshirt Than a Terrorist Sympathizing Professor

Homeschooling

1. Think You Could Never Homeschool?
2. Ohio Gives Homeschoolers Equal Access to Sports and Other Activities
3. Will Your Kids Grow Up to Be Weird if You Homeschool Them?
4. What If All the Homeschoolers Suddenly Enrolled in Public School?
5. 7 Objections to Homeschooling Teens
6. How Common Core is Coming to Homeschoolers
7. Are Elite Colleges and Universities Discriminating Against Homeschoolers?
8. 4 Secrets from the Hidden World of Homeschoolers
9. Does Homeschooling Reduce Opportunities for Women in the Workplace?
10. An Open Letter to Grandparents of Homeschooled Kids
11. Ohio Lawmakers Want Social Workers to Have Veto Power Over Decision to Homeschool
12. UPDATE: Controversial Ohio Homeschool Bill Withdrawn After Grassroots Tsunami Opposes
13. German Homeschooling Family Can Stay in U.S.
14. Do Homeschoolers ‘Rob’ Public Schools of Tax Dollars?
15. Strong Religious Beliefs Can Shape How Women View Homeschooling
16. 5 Pro Tips for Homeschoolers
17. The Top 10 Reasons to Join a Homeschool Co-op
18. The Top 10 Reasons to Avoid a Homeschool Co-Op
19. Homeschooling Family Ordered to Follow Common Core Curriculum

Family and Parenting

1. 4 Benefits of Marrying Young
2. What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Your College Kid Home for Christmas)
3. Raising Boys Who Grow Up to Be Men Who Go to Combat With Women
4. 5 Busybodies Who Want to Parent Your Kids
5. Stay-at-Home Moms: Will Your Kids Judge You for Choosing Them Over a Career?
6. Small-Town Values and Two-Parent Families
7. 7 Quick Tips for Parents of New College Students
8. The 5 Best American Historical Fiction Books to Read Aloud to Your Kids
9. What We Taught Our Boys About Girls Like Miley Cyrus
10. Was Bad Parenting to Blame for the Sandy Hook Massacre?
11. Is Your Child a Stealth Dyslexic?
12. I Agree With Camille Paglia on This Kind of Family Planning for Teens
13. Implementing Andrew McCarthy’s Proposed Compromise on the Marriage Question
14. How Do You Survive When Your World Shatters?
15. How Did We Survive Childhood Before the ’90s Safety Nannies Came Along?

Guns

1. How I Evolved on Guns During the #BostonPoliceScanner Manhunt
2. Evolving on Guns: Considering the Morality of Gun Ownership Now That I Refuse to Be a Victim
3. Evolving on Guns: My First Foray into Gun Culture

Ohio

1. How to Commit Voter Fraud in Ohio
2. It’s the Gas Prices, Stupid
3. Will We See a Florida Recount Rematch in Ohio?
4. Does Obama Have the Stronger Ground Game in Ohio?
5. Ohio: Somali Voters, ACORN Tactics, and Voter Fraud Allegations
6. Ohio Post-Mortem: Glitz, Gimmicks, Sleight-of-Hand, and Witnessing Fraud
7. Is Ohio Governor John Kasich the Chris Christie of the Midwest?
8. Cleveland House of Horrors: Should Somebody Have Done Something?
9. Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Sentenced to 1000 Years, Blames Victims
10. Cleveland House of Horrors Demolished
11. Ohio’s Ashland University Slashes Tuition by $10,000
12. Ohio Paper Can’t Find a Single Person to Argue Against Legalizing Pot… Really??
13. The Top 10 Things to Do in Cleveland
14. Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes ‘Win Tax’ for Cleveland Sports Teams
15. Federal Judge Orders Ohio to Restore Early Voting on 3 Days Before Election Day
16. Conflicted About LeBron’s Return to Cleveland
17. Ohio Teachers Threaten to Strike Over Being Forced into Obamacare Exchanges
18. Cleveland School Dumps FLOTUS Lunches for Chipotle-Style Burritos and Clam Chowder
19. Cleveland VA Still Mired in Huge Backlogs

Nostalgia

1. Hundreds of Drive-In Theaters May Close Permanently at End of Season
2. The 1970s Culture Clash in 2 Songs
3. 10 Modern Technologies We Lived Without in Primitive, Pre-Millennial America
4. 5 Memories That Will Make You Nostalgic for the 1970s
5. The 10 Most Terrifying Public Service Announcements from the 1970s
6. The 10 Most Essential Women’s Shoes in the 1970s
7. Whatever Happened to Our Top 10 Favorite Tiger Beat Cover Boys From the 1970s?
8. 10 Comic Book Ads That Destroyed Your Faith in Humanity Before You Hit Puberty

Life Advice and Reflections

1. Baseball: The Last Refuge from What Divides Us
2. On September 11, Another Pilot Died in His Seat
3. 9/11 as the Chilling Details Unfolded Online
4. Things We Take for Granted
5. Get Off the Phone!
6. 5 Reasons To Remain Optimistic That We Haven’t Lost America Yet
7. 5 Things to Grab When You Hear the Tornado Sirens
8. The Sacrifice of One
9. 10 Surprisingly Unconventional Uses for Your Crock-Pot

Religion

Pro-Life

1. Extreme Makeover: Planned Parenthood Edition
2. 5 Things Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Want You to Know About Pregnancy Resource Centers
3. Can This Powerful Song Change the Hearts of Abortion Supporters?
4. Blood on Humanitarian Icon Mandela’s Hands
5. The 3 Deadliest Words in the World: ‘It’s a Girl’
6. What Happens to America’s Aborted Babies?
7. Is It True That 50 Years Ago Christians Didn’t Care About Abortion?
8. Obama’s America: Abortion Deserts Across the Country
9. Ohio Cracks Down on Unsafe Abortion Clinics

TV

1. 5 Covert Conservative Lessons in Downton Abbey
2. Best Moments from the Season Premier of Duck Dynasty
3. Who Are You to Judge Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson?
4. The Touching Asperger’s Storyline on Parenthood
5. Why We Will Miss Downton Abbey

Humor

1. 10 Ladies’ Room Rules That Will Keep Other Women from Hating You
2. The 10 Dumbest Fireworks Fails
3. The 10 Most Amazing Pet Home Birth Videos
4. 11 Curious Spurious Correlations

Activism and Ideology