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February 16, 2024
Marriage is Key to Living Your Best Life
…told that they are better off never marrying. As Americans search for their respective “brands,” our sense of purpose is tied to material possessions or the pursuit of a great…
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…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…cultivate habits of social interaction that lead, over time, to healthy societies. Through free economic exchange, societies advance materially and socially because free markets require parties to consider the interests of their neighbors, friends, and competitors…
November 17, 2023
Male Malaise Is Not Just About ‘the Culture’
…Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, social scientist Richard V. Reeves explained that boys are falling well behind their female peers. “There are very big gaps in terms…
October 2, 2023
Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever
Stable, two-parent families have always mattered for kids. But today, we have new evidence that they may matter more than ever. A new study from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) indicates…
September 8, 2023
Is Vote Dilution Necessarily Bad?
…mobilizing pressure “wherever Jews lived, but most particularly in their hometowns—no matter how small.” A memo set out the plan: “Your local Congressman may be the man who will make…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…parks, trails and mountains materially make parents’ lives better, in part because of policies and institutions that help parents utilize them. The women enroll their children in My Tech High,…
August 16, 2023
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
…much economic and family security matter for their welfare. What is the ‘success sequence’? Research tells us that education, work and marriage — especially marriage prior to having children —…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…in part to the state’s unique civic, religious, and political endowments, including unusually high levels of social capital and low levels of government regulation. But Utah’s material and emotional success…