The Illusion of Porn “Literacy”
by Samuel D. James“Porn literacy” is a technocratic evasion to avoid either approving pornography wholesale or condemning it forthrightly. Continue Reading »
Reactionary Feminism
by Mary HarringtonWhen I was about ten, I began to notice that my father would leave the table after dinner, assuming my mother would clear the dishes. As we grew older, my brothers did the same. I thought this unfair to my mother, whose chores seemed never to end. As the only daughter, I faced a dilemma: Should I . . . . Continue Reading »
The Merits of Romney's Pro-Family Policy
by Erika BachiochiSen. Mitt Romney’s “Family Security Act” has come at precisely the right moment. Continue Reading »
From Boys to Men
by Tzvi SinenskyRabbi Lamm urges us to invite our young men to join the community of adults by engaging them in conversations centering on matters of substance, through which we can initiate them into the community of the faithful. Continue Reading »
The Origins of Sexual Totalitarianism
by Carlo LancellottiDel Noce observed that Reich’s idea of “sexual revolution” contains in nuce exactly the totalitarian tendencies that have become more visible in recent years. Continue Reading »
The Next Frontier in the Sexual Revolution
by Scott YenorSexualized childhood is the next frontier for the sexual revolution. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by VariousIn September 1944, Helmuth von Moltke sat in Berlin’s Tegel prison, awaiting execution. The Nazis had arrested him for organizing the Kreisau Circle, a resistance group formed to plan a more democratic future Germany. Helmuth’s death drew near, yet, as his wife Freya wrote to him, “The best . . . . Continue Reading »
Work vs. Consumption
by R. R. RenoIn this issue, Oren Cass explodes the false dichotomy between cultural questions and economic ones(“The Problem with the Culture Problem”). Nowhere is the falsity more evident than in the question that will define the coming decade: Should we emphasize consumption or work? Our answer will have . . . . Continue Reading »
The Myth of the Lone Wolf
by Mark BauerleinMary Eberstadt discusses her latest book, Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics. Continue Reading »
Goodbye to “So What?”
by Mary EberstadtThe case for American nationalism is clear. The United States is the most diverse nation on earth. If we will not have a nation and its constitution, then we will have anarchy. If we will not have a nation and its constitution, we will have Hobbesian war, figuratively or literally. What, after all, . . . . Continue Reading »
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