Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Against Obsessive Sexuality
For the March issue of First Things, I wrote an essay called “Against Heterosexuality.” In brief, my…
The Evangelical Academy
We were doing an interview on an NPR station, a kind of “point-counterpoint” thing. The other interviewee…
John Updike the Blogger
Every critic knows that John Updike was a gleeful child of his age, but did he rise…
The Scandal of Calvary
Is it possible for a film to capture the horror of the sexual abuse scandal in the…
The Down Syndrome Community’s Death Debate
Let’s try an experiment: Imagine you are a high school junior just starting to think about college.…
Will Doctors Be Forced to Kill?
The wailing and gnashing of teeth in some quarters over the modest Hobby Lobby decision has me…
Life Under Instant Replay
When taking stock of how far we haven’t come, I find myself reliving the early morning hours…
Weird Al Just Committed the Greatest Word Crime of All
He takes care lest by a slip of the tongue he use the ablative instead of the…
Greeks Bearing Debts
Classics is no longer seen as a cutting-edge discipline, but two centuries ago German scholars devoted to…
Unsolicited Advice On How To Find A Mate
In one of his lesser known comedies, playwright Neil Simon depicts the irrationality of undiluted physical attraction…
Rebuild Penn Station!
Yes, it sounds like a pipe dream. Rebuild Penn Station? Why imagine that’s possible when New York…
Legal wins matter—but culture matters more
Good news today. The decision in the Hobby Lobby case helps prevent progressives from achieving their goal…
Clutch Your Pearls and Think of the Children
There was a time when virtue summoned manly images like that of The Iliad’s Prince Hector soothing…
Let Religious Freedom Ring
Update: In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court decided in Hobby Lobby’s favor. When Chuck…
Bowdoin Told Us To Go
For the past decade, my wife and I have been the volunteer advisors to the Bowdoin Christian…
