Uvalde, Abortion, and the Limits of Compassion

by John Murdock

Gun rights advocates and abortion rights advocates should both mourn the loss of life engendered by their absolutist approaches to their political causes. Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2022

Five Rules for Living Faithfully in the Digital Age

by Samuel D. James

This isn’t about turning the cultural clock back to 1995. It’s about sustained flourishing in a digital age, which is only possible if we both test the spirits of the age and guard our hearts.   Continue Reading »

3 May 2022

Babies Are a Lot Like Us

by Peter J. Leithart

“Suffer the little children to come to me” isn’t a piece of pious sentiment, but a starting point for scientific discovery. Continue Reading »

29 Apr 2022

Fruitful and Multiplied

by Liel Leibovitz

Dizengoff Street, a tree-lined corridor of commerce and pleasure, is Tel Aviv’s main artery. Squint a little, and you could easily imagine that you’re standing not in sunbaked Israel, a short drive from the Gaza Strip, but in Barcelona, say, or Berlin, or Manhattan. Take a closer look, however, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2022

Mirrors of Perfection

by Ephraim Radner

Our society is confused about children. We allow their destruction in the womb and their manufacture in the laboratory, a contradictory denial and affirmation of their inestimable value that tells us a great deal about our strange times. In our cold calculus, we allow that children are necessary to . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2022

The Identity Crisis of Modern Adolescents

by Mark Bauerlein

Frank Furedi joins the podcast to discuss his new book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis: Culture War Over Socialization. Continue Reading »

6 Jan 2022

A Teacher of Generation Z

by Mark Bauerlein

Jeremy S. Adams joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Hollowed Out: A Warning About America's Next Generation. Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2021

T Is for Timeless

by Elizabeth C. Corey

Once a month, a robin’s-egg-blue box arrives at our house. “Mama! Mama! My books are here!” shouts my six-year-old daughter as she runs from the front door to the kitchen. We open the box to find personalized stickers, bookmarks, posters, and sometimes coloring pages or little paper games. The . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Where Education Is At

by Mark Bauerlein

David Steiner joins the podcast to discuss the state of public education in America and his work as director of the Johns Hopkins Institute For Education Policy. Continue Reading »

6 Sep 2021

The Merits of Romney's Pro-Family Policy

by Erika Bachiochi

Sen. Mitt Romney’s “Family Security Act” has come at precisely the right moment. Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2021