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March 4, 2024
Teen Suicide and the Limits of Sociology
…“Having a strong shared moral center transforms mundane rituals like dropping kids off at school or attending soccer practice, and spectacular events, like rival matchups and homecoming games, into opportunities…
March 4, 2024
The state of the union isn’t strong because of the state of our unions
…nothing matters for the State of Our Union than the state of our unions. When it comes to “life,” we’re witnessing tragic increases in what have been called “deaths of…
February 15, 2024
Sacred Sex
…from his life.” By contrast, Nick doesn’t “think there’s anything wrong morally” with viewing pornography. He consumes material that he “considers pretty vanilla, standard fare” and comes across as comfortable…
February 14, 2024
Valentine’s Day Marred By Loneliness Crisis
…to matter more than many of the factors that public health leaders such as Murthy focus on. According to analysis of a 2021 YouGov survey by the Institute for Family Studies and…
February 13, 2024
The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage
…you can to “stay together for the sake of the children,” even as they privately value every one of these things. On family matters, they “talk left” but “walk right”—an…
January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
…family is not the only factor driving crime. It’s clear that factors such as poverty and race also matter for crime rates. It’s also clear that political and law enforcement…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…legislation to keep underage users off pornography sites — which as a matter of practice turn a blind eye to the great mass of adolescents accessing their obscene and addictive…
October 27, 2023
What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage
…obligation to be the best fathers they can be” regardless of their marital status. We agree with Reeves about this obligation: fatherhood matters even if a marriage never took place…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…obscurity of academic journals into the public conversation.” Kearney simply sticks to the facts and makes an overwhelming data-based case that marriage and stable two-parent families matter monumentally to the…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…and political endowments, including unusually high levels of social capital and low levels of government regulation. But Utah’s material and emotional success is also attributable to the strength and stability…