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January 2015

January 07, 2015

She Doesn’t Have to Be a Macho Girl

The movie was, if anything, an advertisement for virginity. The Smokers, an indy production I saw...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

The Hunger Games & Planned Parenthood

Jessica Valenti is the Guardian's columnist for bog-standard feminism. She recently tweeted: Embarrassed @agolis by booing...

November 21, 2014

Why Liberals Love Francis

To believe that Francis is now suddenly maneuvering the Church into acceptance of homosexual "marriage"...

November 19, 2014

Celebrating LBGT TV

TV Helped Change the Country’s View of LGBT Life, as I wrote a few days...

November 16, 2014

Distant Neighbors, and Other Insights

A discussion with a friend reminded me of one of the best essays I ever...

November 02, 2014

Suppose you have a kid who tells you he is “gay”

In that case, explains Notre Dame professor John Cavadini, you would benefit from having in...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Pennsylvania Porn

"The media has largely viewed the email scandal through this lens," writes Brandon McGinley of...

October 09, 2014

No Personal Torah, Or, The Rabbi Should Not Have “Come Out”

“'Personal Torah.' What a jarring phrase, at least to ears like mine," writes Orthodox rabbi...

October 08, 2014

Christian Faith and Same-sex Attraction

For those in the Pittsburgh area: You will want to know about the conference being hosted...

October 06, 2014

Not the Next Level You Dumb Girl With Dumb Parents

Cohabitation is a smack in the face . . . and for these reasons, explains...

October 02, 2014

Kasper’s Apprently Intentional Ambiguities

In his writings and talk on marriage, Cardinal Walter Kasper remains ambiguous but, or rather therefore,...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

In Denmark, SSM That Is, But Isn’t, But Really Is

By law, as they're employees of the state (who begins tipping the whole thing into...

September 02, 2014

Ricky Gervais’ Common Sense About Nude Pictures

Ricky Gervais' tweeted comment seemed kind of obvious: "Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Selling Jewish Sperm

In an "Aldous Huxley, call your office" story, the Forward explains 6 Things You Need to...

August 01, 2014

The Last Century’s Fifty Worst Books

Starting with Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa, the Intercollegiate Review presents the Fifty Worst...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

The Logic of Polyamory

"A survey commissioned by USA Network of 18-34 year olds in four cities (Austin, Omaha, Nashville, and Phoenix)...

July 29, 2014

The Marital Smorgasbord

"Even many devout monogamists admit that it can be hard for one partner to supply...

July 24, 2014

What the Bishops Should Do For Victims

Asked by America's interviewer what the bishops should be doing for victims of clerical sexual...

July 23, 2014

Sexuality, Sexual Abuse & Chastity: An Interview with Dawn Eden

“'With Peter, I say: 'To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal...

July 17, 2014

Love Is Not Love

By which the writer, William Luse, means "love" is not love. Writing in Christendom Review,...

July 11, 2014

If This Was the 1950s

Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo, reports the Daily Telegraph, and the...

July 10, 2014

Three Children, Five Parents, & Changing Marriage

Her brother, says Masha Gessen, former head of the Moscow office of US Radio Liberty,...