Eve Tushnet

reports: A child-custody dispute involving actor Jason Patric has evolved from Hollywood tabloid fodder into a policy battle in the state Legislature that could affect thousands of California parents. Patric, a star of films including “The Lost Boys,” donated sperm in 2009 as part of a . . . . Continue Reading »

at The Atlantic: . . . As a psychology researcher who’d published articles in scientific journals, some covered in the popular press, I knew that many scientific findings differ significantly from what the public hears about them. Soon after my second wedding, I decided to go to the source: I . . . . Continue Reading »

As a former tour-guide at Mormon historic sites, I have encountered more than one fundamentalist Mormon family in which the strutting husband seems to regard his flock of servile wives like glorified property. We’re not wrong to want to discourage this. Moreover, those remote compounds in . . . . Continue Reading »

reports/speculates: As college costs keep rising and student-loan debt causes national consternation, more Americans are asking whether young people should bother with college. Here, at least, is one point in favor of higher education: Americans who fail to complete at least some post-secondary . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Oh boy, he’s having a baby. It’s hard to ignore these images of teenage boys sporting “pregnant” bellies and that’s exactly the intent of Chicago’s new eye-catching teen pregnancy prevention campaign. Launched last month, it aims to “spark conversations . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Wineries are coming out loud and proud in their support of gay marriage. They’re putting it right on the label. “Little by little, we’re breaking down the barrier,” says Gary Saperstein of Out in the Vineyard, an events and tour company based in Sonoma wine country . . . . Continue Reading »

asks: A New Hampshire school district  bans dodgeball . A Georgia school sends a kindergartener off  in handcuffs . A Florida high school is shut down when a student brings in a  mercury thermometer . Across the country, schools and school districts are overreacting to . . . . Continue Reading »

in the Guardian : . . . My best friend and I had been friends for 20 years, and then, one day, nothing. She stopped returning my calls; she ignored my messages. She was living in another country so I had no way of reaching her, no way to confront her. Months passed and I realised that my best . . . . Continue Reading »

reports: Mothers are the primary breadwinners in four out of 10 U.S. households with minor children, a record number driven up by growing populations of single moms and married women who make more than their husbands, according to a report released Wednesday from the Pew Research Center.  . . . . . . Continue Reading »

blogs: I’ve been travelling a lot recently and in Anchorage (American Bar Association Family Law Section Meeting) I was on a panel with a doctor who does fertility work in southern California. He mentioned that it was now possible to give a gift certificate that allowed the recipient . . . . Continue Reading »