Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Whit Stillman among the Janeites
The title puzzled us. Most of the world saw nothing remarkable about indie director Whit Stillman’s decision…
Obergefell and the New Gnosticism
For decades, the Sexual Revolution was supposed to be about freedom. Today, it is about coercion. Once,…
Confessions of an “Elitist”
The term “elitist” has been bandied about so promiscuously in this election cycle that it’s become virtually…
More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the second installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing for the…
How To Live on $8.90 an Hour
Deciding that I needed to get out more, I went looking for a job. I wasn’t expecting…
Terrorism Is Not Hate
Hate. It’s a word many have used to describe Omar Mateen’s slaughter of fifty people at an…
Some AdviceFor the Untenured Conservative Humanist
On paper, tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. That’s what the faculty…
A Loss of Trust
The ordeal is over; my niece has chosen Tulane. A buddy in Wisconsin has a daughter, and…
Edenic Recollections
My oldest son once spent a summer on staff at a Scout reservation. Underneath his tent platform…
Beyoncé and the Fertility of Forgiveness
The most screenshotted sequence in Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade is “Hold Up.” After discovering her husband’s infidelity, she walks…
Good Catholics, Good Citizens
The Catholic love affair with the United States of America is heading into rough and uncharted waters—and…
The Scholar and the Nymph
As he stood alone in the immense library of his college a week after Michaelmas term, mourning…
Inhuman Baseball
Unfortunately, the scene is now familiar to us. The runner on first breaks for second as the…
Amoris Laetitia from Where I Stand
Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your drink at a party “seems to turn…
Modern Weddings Have Lost Interest in the Marriage Bed
I became engaged at Easter, and, as I’ve started planning our wedding with my fiancé, I’ve noticed…
