David Lapp

We were surprised to meet Anthony there: a twenty-six-year-old white man in an argyle sweater vest, white dress shirt, tie, baggy plaid pants, and sneakers, at the old Methodist church in Maytown, Ohio, whose white steeple rises behind the trees in our backyard. The elderly Methodist membership had . . . . Continue Reading »

As the decorative plaque that reads “Family is Forever” and the framed photos in their living room suggest, Julia and Rob, a couple for 12 years with hopes of marriage in the future, want desperately to make a home together… . Continue Reading »

In a recent opinion column in The New York Times , Wharton School economist Justin Wolfers noted an important fact in marriage trends”then delivered an analysis more instructive on how to exacerbate the problem than how to solve it… . Continue Reading »