Jeanie Hannaman

By Walker Larson, Crisis Magazine - I’ve written a good deal of criticism of the contemporary culture in which I live. I believe such criticism is not only warranted but important and necessary. At the same time, criticism and critique should never be an end point but, rather, a starting point. Let me indulge in one more critique: I fear that, too often, commentators on what we might call the “conservative” or “traditionally-minded” side of things—and these are somewhat inexact terms—fall into a habit of diagnosing problems without pointing toward any solutions. It is easy to diagnose, especially when faced with a culture as unhealthy as ours. It is much harder to prescribe a cure. But that’s our most important work. No one would pay a doctor who merely diagnosed disease and never healed anyone.