We’re in an Anti-Family Age

by Mark Bauerlein

Timothy P. Carney joins the podcast to discuss his new book Family Unfriendly. Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2024 0

Easy Recipes for an Unhappy Life

by Mark Bauerlein

Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church: A Defense of Her Controversial Moral Teachings. Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2023 0

From Saad to Glad

by Mark Bauerlein

Gad Saad joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Living the Good Life. Continue Reading »

21 Aug 2023 0

Scott Yenor on “Anti-Natal Engineering”

by R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Scott Yenor to talk about his article “Anti-Natal Engineering” from the May 2023 issue. Continue Reading »

31 May 2023 0

The Future of Christian Marriage

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Mark Regnerus on worldwide trends in marriage. Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2019 0

The Peace Treaty

by R. R. Reno

When we pledge our faithfulness to another on our wedding day, we’re mocking the changeableness of life, saying that we trust in the covenant of marriage to transcend the weakness of our flesh, the fickleness of our passions, and the fragility of our egos. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2017 0

The Ties that Bind

by Dale M. Coulter

Recently I attended my son’s installation ceremony as a member of the student government at his elementary school. The passage into office was marked by a series of oaths in which students made vows to uphold the integrity of their charges and the duties that flowed from those vows. In the ancient Roman world, the term most employed to refer to the civic relationship to which such vows bound a person was pietas. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2016 0

A Pope and a Psychiatrist on Transsexual Marriages

by Christian Spaemann

The suffering of those who feel themselves to be transsexual can be so great—to the point of making them suicidal—that from the perspective of the Church one can hardly categorically forbid surgical and hormonal measures to reduce their suffering, as a last resort after attempting other measures. The proscription of self-mutilation must here be weighed against the good of reducing suffering. Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2016 0

Trump’s Revolt Against Vows

by Alexi Sargeant

The debate last night underlined the reasons why Donald Trump’s character and temperament should be disqualifying in the eyes of conservatives. Continue Reading »

27 Sep 2016 0

A Family Affair

by Carl R. Trueman

Incestuous relationships between adults should push the issue of consent and its many complexities and weaknesses to the fore in debates about sexual morality and marriage. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2016 0