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May 2021

May 25, 2021

Our Whole Culture Is “Sex Negative”

Our culture is sexually permissive, but that is not the same as valuing sex. An...

May 21, 2021

Teaching the Trinity to Young Children

Just as very young children trust and depend on their parents, they can trust and...

May 10, 2021

And now, Sex-Free “Friend Marriage”

Among the plethora of marriage variations available today, we now have people who are marrying...

April 2021

April 12, 2021

The Institutions Americans No Longer Believe In

A major business leader is bullish about the American economy in the short term, but...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

A Disease That Becomes a Human Being at Birth

Many politicians who are strong advocates for abortion are Catholic or members of other pro-life...

February 19, 2021

Fighting Abortion from the Demand Side

Pro-lifers often concentrate on the supply side of abortion, trying to make the procedure less...

February 15, 2021

$300 per child, per month

Congress is considering proposals to pay a monthly subsidy to families for each child. This...

February 04, 2021

God at Work

On the occasion of my book "God at Work" going on sale, I summarize the...

November 2020

November 17, 2020

The Fatherless, Identity Politics, & Violent Protests

Mary Eberstadt argues that the lack of a father figure in young people's lives can...

November 16, 2020

Women’s Power

According to a Swedish study of Americans, both men and women agreed that men had...

October 2020

October 23, 2020

On the Pope’s Endorsement of Same-Sex Civil Unions

Pope Francis is being quoted as endorsing same-sex civil unions. Though this stops short of...

October 19, 2020

Eugenics & the Baby-Manufacturing Industry

Sperm and egg-donation, combined with surrogate-motherhood for hire, has become a big business. Companies are...

July 2020

July 23, 2020

Defending Boyhood

Anthony Esolen's book "Defending Boys" explores the nature of boys, what they need, how they...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

The Ultimate Devotional Resource

A review of "The Treasury of Daily Prayer," the ultimate devotional resource. It includes a...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

The Lockdown Is Helping Relationships

Yes, the coronavirus lockdown has been terrible. But a study has found that, on the...

May 27, 2020

Another Revision of Marriage: Utah Decriminalizes Polygamy

When same-sex marriage was legalized, many observers foresaw still more redefinitions of marriage. Now Utah,...

May 01, 2020

What Is the Common Good?

Should we be most concerned with preserving individual rights and liberties or with promoting the...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Vocation and the Epidemic

The coronavirus epidemic throws the doctrine of vocation into high relief: not only our economic...

March 12, 2020

Good News and Bad News on the Family

The divorce rate has dropped dramatically since its high point in the 1980s and, particularly,...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

St. Valentine Then and Now

Stella Marabito draws parallels between St. Valentine's martyrdom for defending marriage against the Roman state...

February 05, 2020

Evangelicals’ Birth Rate Is Now Nearly as Low as That of Secularists

Evangelicals used to have significantly more children than secularist families. This is no longer the...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Church Growth by Kicking Out Old People

A vital, growing church has lots of young families. A church in Minnesota wants to...

January 17, 2020

The Case for Having Children

In discussing the drop in the fertility rate in the affluent, well-educated demographic, Joy Pullman...

January 10, 2020

Millennials Are Staying in Church if They Went as Children–Unless They Marry Outside the Faith

Millennials are increasingly leaving the church and, unlike other generations, they are not coming back...

January 02, 2020

The Mutuality Between Mothers and Their Developing Babies

Medical science is learning more and more about pregnancy and fetal development. We now know...

December 2019

December 18, 2019

U.S. Leads the World in Single Parenthood

The United States has the world's highest rates of children who live with only one...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Politics of the Promethean Self

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, is also a Christian cultural critic. In a recent speech, he...

November 22, 2019

Marriage as Enforceable Contract

Marriage is a sacred covenant, but it is also a secular contract. Though some say...

October 2019

October 18, 2019

The Totalitarian Impulse

Totalitarianism is the belief that the government should control the totality of human life. Communists...

October 09, 2019

How Shrinking and Broken Families Give Us Identity Politics

Mary Eberstadt, one of our most perceptive cultural analysts, shows how weakened family connections have...