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 »
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 »
Frank Furedi joins the podcast to discuss his new book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis: Culture War Over Socialization. Continue Reading »
Jeremy S. Adams joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Hollowed Out: A Warning About America's Next Generation. Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
Sen. Mitt Romney’s “Family Security Act” has come at precisely the right moment. Continue Reading »
The Dutch government is preparing to legalize euthanasia for children between the ages of one and twelve. Continue Reading »
Sexualized childhood is the next frontier for the sexual revolution. Continue Reading »
It is one thing to talk about the Resurrection. It is quite another to see the Easter fire struck in the night, the candle lit, the light of Christ filling the tomblike darkness of the waiting church. As a Catholic, I live and relive that liturgy every year; every year it astonishes me as no amount . . . . Continue Reading »
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