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February 15, 2024

Sacred Sex

…impression that all because of an archaic Christian sexual ethic that forbids pornography, Christian men and communities are rife with “depression,” “unhappiness,” and disrupted marriages. The New Yorker mocked the books, small…

February 14, 2024

Valentine’s Day Marred By Loneliness Crisis

…of roughly three-quarters of a million people is the fourth-richest in the United States, with a median income of just under $150,000. And yet feelings of isolation have emerged as…

February 14, 2024

Why You Should Get Married

…is a bad deal for men in our egalitarian age. (He was also charged in 2023 with rape and human trafficking in Romania.) “I don’t think many men actually benefit from marriages…

December 13, 2023

Stronger Families, Safer Streets

…median share of single-parent families, compared to cities that have fewer single-parent families. That difference is even larger with respect to violent crime and homicide, specifically, with cities above the…

December 4, 2023

A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy

…understanding of the fundamentally social nature of market economics, as Gregg explained in his recent appearance on our Hardly Working podcast, is heavily indebted to the Scottish Enlightenment and one of its chief protagonists, Adam Smith. According to Gregg, the Smithian tradition…

October 24, 2023

Roanoke Atones for Urban Renewal—Artistically

…in movie-still-like action: Doctor Brooks of the Brooks Drug Store on Henry Street, the owners of Louise and Lillian’s Beauty salon, Big Nick of Weeby’s Groceries, and more. Shadow and…

September 29, 2023

How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised

…likely to say they are “pretty happy” with their lives (55.9 percent to 53.7 percent). On measure after measure—including median income, unemployment, and home ownership—Currid-Halkett’s research suggests rural America may be doing a…

August 14, 2023

Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong

…typically a stronger predictor of the state’s economic mobility, child poverty, and median family income than are the education level, racial makeup, and age composition of its population.” Likewise, Harvard…

August 10, 2023

The Rowe Show

On today’s Remnant—which happens to be more than a year in the making—Jonah’s joined for the first time by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at AEI and the author of…

June 22, 2023

In An Age Of Low Social Trust, Stopping By Your Neighbor’s House Is Weird And Creepy

…stopping by a neighbor’s house has become rare enough as to strike many as creepy. Witness the June 2023 advertisement for DirecTV. Actor Brian Cox explains to the viewer that…