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A Sexual or Asexual Public Square?

David Talcott

Several weeks back there was a bit of a dust-up in conservative Reformed Protestant circles over the following simple question: Does being a man or a woman have any...

Donโ€™t Raise the Minimum Wage

David Talcott

My colleague Jared Pincin and I have taken to the pages of the Newark Star-Ledger   to make an ethical case against President Obamaโ€™s proposal to raise the minimum wage from...

Californiaโ€™s Ban on Same-Sex Therapy

David Talcott

At the end of September, California passed a law making it illegal for licensed therapists to counsel minors away from same-sex attraction. California Senator Ted W. Lieu, the lead...

Problems with the Navyโ€™s Sex Integration Scheme

David Talcott

Writing in the U.S. Naval Instituteโ€™s Proceedings magazine, Retired Navy Captain Kevin Eyer explains how sex integration has wasted the Navyโ€™s resources and made it less combat-ready: Casual observersโ€”civilians...

Debates Matter; Babies Matter More

David Talcott

While the country digests Governor Romneyโ€™s unexpectedly good showing at Wednesdayโ€™s presidential debate, Roger Clegg at National Review calls us back to higher things . This week the CDC released...