A few months ago, I predicted that the Francis pontificate would seek to establish cordial relations with the Rainbow Reich. (See “While We’re At It,” January 2024, composed late November 2023.) In mid-December the Vatican issued the declaration Fiducia Supplicans, vindicating my . . . . Continue Reading »
In her delightful essay “Harry Potter and the Reverse Voltaire,” the philosopher Mary Leng tries to understand why a colleague of hers has denounced J. K. Rowling. Although the colleague believes that “there are contexts in which [biological] sex matters politically,” she has condemned . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Yenor joins the podcast to talk about the ends and limits of the sexual liberation movement. Continue Reading »
Sensitive patience with challenging artwork is often commendable, but not in the case of Cuties.
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We seem to have lost our capacity to think and speak about “LGBT identity” without capitulating to it. Continue Reading »
Sexual love cannot be reduced to the simplistic categories of power, exploitation, and individual desire. Continue Reading »
The #MeToo movement is the bust to end the 1960s boom in sexual permissiveness. Continue Reading »
A Missouri state assembly bill sponsored by Representative Bart Korman (R-Montgomery County) would require lobbyists to disclose sexual relationships with legislators or legislative staffers. The bill does so through defining sex as a “gift.”
Long after Indiana's RFRA crisis is past, the changes in our political culture which it has revealed will continue to have consequences for religious conservatives. Continue Reading »
Far from being criticized, Wesleyan University should be congratulated for revealing the ethical assumptions and the practical destination of the politics of sexual identity.
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