So right after mentioning her new book in the post below, I noticed that NRO has posted a fine interview with Mary Eberstadt , in which she implies that, just as the medical facts about cigarettes’ harm eventually came to be undeniable, so will the sociological facts about the sexual . . . . Continue Reading »
Terry Teachout says it wasnt 1968 that began the big cultural shift, but 1962. 62 is a good year to zero in on indeedCuban Missile Crisis, early SDS days, right before Philip Larkins beginning date for sexual intercourse, Dylans Freewheelin gestating . . . . Continue Reading »
In an anything-but-apologetic apologia, Mary Eberstadt challenges the many spokesmen (and they are almost all men) for the New Atheism in her satire, The Loser Letters. Reminiscent of Ted Turner’s infamous comment that Christianity is a religion for losers, the Loser in this book is . . . . Continue Reading »