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Maggie Gallagher on the real problem with contraceptives : The problem is not the Pill. The problem is the idea, which promoters of the pill introduced and promoted with great fanfare, that we have separated sex from reproduction. We teach the young to think of pregnancy as a rare emergency, an . . . . Continue Reading »

“Never apologize and never explain,” said John Wayne in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , “it’s a sign of weakness.” However prudent the Duke’s advice may be, if public figures were to heed it the media would soon go out of business. Apology-abetting, rather than . . . . Continue Reading »

Why do art collectors pay millions of dollars for works that have no apparent material value? In a lengthy and rambling essay, Matthew Brown makes a persuasive case that the market for modern art can be traced back to the tradition of relic-adoration: Prior to the Renaissance, and even during it, . . . . Continue Reading »

In 1915, Canadian medical officer John McCrae published what has become one of the most popular poems from the First World War, “In Flanders Fields” : In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama declares June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month : LGBT Americans have enriched and strengthened the fabric of our national life. From business leaders and professors to athletes and first responders, LGBT individuals have achieved success and prominence in . . . . Continue Reading »

Is the rise of global Pentecostalism beneficial to America’s interest? Walter Russel Mead thinks it may be: Christianity is not only the world’s largest and fastest-growing faith. Christianity is also the world’s most pro-American faith. Not all Christians like American values and . . . . Continue Reading »

I was so inspired by Jessica that I began a similar daily routine. Unfortunately, it only affirmed that dancing on the sink will lead to a busted tailbone. . . . . Continue Reading »

The following is a list of favorite works of imaginative literature compiled by a literary snob. Unlike similar lists you won’t find anything as daunting as Finnegan’s Wake or as faddish as whatever Oprah is shilling to her book club. In fact, on first glance the inclusion of children’s books . . . . Continue Reading »

The American Academy of Pediatrics does not condone female genital cutting. If on reading that statement your first thought was, “Was that ever in question?” then you are, in my opinion, both (a) morally sane, and (b) behind on the news .* The American Academy of Pediatrics has . . . . Continue Reading »

After six seasons and ninety-four episodes, Sex and the City ended its run in February 2005. But like a case of genital herpes, the show refuses to go away. DVDs of all six seasons line the walls of every video store in the country while HBO continues to beams encore episodes into millions of . . . . Continue Reading »