We’re in an Anti-Family Age
by Mark BauerleinTimothy P. Carney joins the podcast to discuss his new book Family Unfriendly. Continue Reading »
My Father’s Living Will
by Viva HammerIt is a haze of fog and low cloud at dawn and the kookaburras are wild with ecstasy. The soft low click of the neighbors’ gate breaks in among the birdsong: opening, closing, opening. They are leaving early for the long weekend of midsummer. In the room next to mine, a man is retching, heaving, . . . . Continue Reading »
Welcome to Prideville
by Auguste MeyratAt heart, Somerville, Massachusetts, a self-declared haven for polyamorous people, is a community for people who reject community. Continue Reading »
Father Love Is a Hard Love
by Francis X. MaierThe role of the father is to give; and through that giving to overcome, little by little, the selfishness and ingratitude that come so easily to every child. Continue Reading »
Piles of Wrinkled Prose
by Peter J. LeithartIt may sound miserable, but desperation and obsession are what make finishing up the most delicious part of the whole book-writing process. Continue Reading »
Parental Rights and Their Limits
by Scott YenorThe Parental Rights in Education Bill is a step in the right direction, but merely appealing to parental rights is not enough. Continue Reading »
A World Without Mothers
by Ben Sixsmith and Paul Rowan BrianA new book mounts a radical attack on the biological family. Continue Reading »
I’ll Have Consequences
by Gilbert MeilaenderNot too many years ago, I knew a little boy who was prone to temper tantrums that included yelling, kicking, and hitting. He wasn’t entirely to blame for this, having had a rough start in life. Nevertheless, that sort of behavior couldn’t just be excused, and, of course, if uncorrected it would . . . . Continue Reading »
The Parenting Problems of Age Segregation
by Mark BauerleinIt has been more than a half-century since James Coleman and his team surveyed students in ten high schools to determine their values and interests and attitudes toward learning. The conclusion was that a new social formation was upon us: the adolescent society. That was the title of the book . . . . Continue Reading »
Kids Today
by Naomi Schaefer RileySelfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids edited by meghan daum picador, 288 pages, $26 The Dadly Virtues: Adventures from the Worst Job You’ll Ever Love edited by jonathan v. last templeton, 192 pages, $24.95 These days it is widely assumed that a . . . . Continue Reading »
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