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August 2015

August 26, 2015

Dr. Janet Smith Shows Real “COURAGE”

Earlier this month, there was a tremendous conference put together by moral theologian Janet Smith...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

What Douthat & Martin Miss: Reflections on the Ongoing Synod Discussion

NYT columnist, Ross Douthat, and America Editor-at-Large, Fr. Jim Martin, are having a very interesting...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Blah, Blah, Blah–Women DON’T Talk More than Men (yet another) Study Says

Yesterday, I reported on research that exposed the surprising (not for me, but for some)...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Fatherhood

“Something in the basic structure of human existence has been damaged!” A Guest Blog by...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Who Says, “I love you” First? Men or Women?

Chances are, if asked, most people would say that women are more likely to say,...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

“Manning Up.” The Truth About Masculinity

My son, Jacob, has a provocative post about masculinity at his website. I think he...

January 06, 2014

What Do Pope JPII, Pope BXVI, and a Lesbian Feminist Have in Common? (Guest post by Dave McClow)

In a WSJ interview with Bari Weiss, Camille Paglia, a self-described "notorious Amazon feminist" who...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

“Mothers Aren’t Important” Or Another Reason “Nobody Does Childhood Like the English”

Years ago, Mike Myers had a character on SNL called, "Simon." The segment would often...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Mark Regnerus: New Canadian Study Says, “A Married Mom and Dad Really DO Matter.”

Marriage and Family researcher, Mark Regnerus (University of Texas at Austin, senior fellow at the...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

No, She Can’t Play That Game Either

The NYTimes has an article about the effect of the college hook-up culture on young...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

So, wait. Defense of marriage is a life issue?

As I mentioned in my post on gender from the other day, I have a...

June 05, 2013

Male and Female He Created Them–Gender and the Catholic Difference.

I have been reflecting a great deal on Eve Tushnet's excellent article in The Atlantic...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Mars, Venus, or Earth? What Planet are Men and Women REALLY From?

I love this article. It is a terrific, thoughtful, scientific, and ultimately, (unintentionally) very Catholic view...

May 02, 2013

The Pill Makes You Hate Sex and Want to Leave Your Milquetoast Man.

New research by the Royal Society says that women taking oral contraceptives, "scored lower on...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Men Can’t Read Women’s Minds

From NBC News: To see whether men really did have trouble reading women's emotions, Boris...

April 04, 2013

The Mother of All Battles: How to End the Mommy Wars

As I mentioned below, my post on sleep training netted some deeply anguished and angry...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Why Children Need Moms and Dads–Culture, Complementarity and a Whole Bunch of Other ‘Portant Bidness.

I'm planning a post--probably after Easter--that gathers some of the research that illustrates the different gifts...

March 22, 2013

What is parenthood?

One dimension of the debate about what homsexual unions should be called is "What is...

March 19, 2013

Post-Partum Depression: More Common than Previously Thought

A new study finds that 1 in 7 moms experience post-partum depression, many of whom...

March 14, 2013

Manning Up Through NFP

Here's a sneak peak at an article I have in the upcoming edition of Family...

March 04, 2013

Reason #693,942,340,394,798 Humanae Vitae Was Right

Behold what the "Pro-Choice" movement has wrought. SURROGATE OFFERED $10,000 TO ABORT BABY (Proving once...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Kids’ Needs Don’t Matter in “New Conversation” on Marriage

(Why can infertile couples marry but homosexual couples can't? Because infertility doesn’t redefine the natural...

February 19, 2013

Why, yes, Mr. Reporter, of course Catholics have women priests.

An acquaintance of mine who works in public relations was bemoaning a conversation with a...