Where Education Is At
by Mark BauerleinDavid 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 »
The Merits of Romney's Pro-Family Policy
by Erika BachiochiSen. Mitt Romney’s “Family Security Act” has come at precisely the right moment. Continue Reading »
Child Euthanasia Comes to the Netherlands
by Jonathon Van MarenThe Dutch government is preparing to legalize euthanasia for children between the ages of one and twelve. Continue Reading »
The Next Frontier in the Sexual Revolution
by Scott YenorSexualized childhood is the next frontier for the sexual revolution. Continue Reading »
Children's Books and the Christian Story
by Sally ThomasIt 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 »
Tomie dePaola’s Icons
by Sally ThomasTomie dePaola’s children’s books show a sympathy not only for the child, but for the childlike adult, whose eyes are open to surprise and miracle. Continue Reading »
Notes on Summer Camp
by Elizabeth C. CoreyThe buildings at Green Cove consist of a main lodge, an infirmary, and a variety of cabins arranged in “lines” according to the ages of the girls who inhabit them. Most of the camp’s structures were built in the 1940s and have changed little since then. The cabins have concrete floors, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Gift of Children
by Evangelicals and Catholics TogetherChildren are gifts. In them, we respond to Moses’s urgent imperative: Choose life! (Deut. 30:19) Men and women have always brought children into the world. To be a parent is the most natural of things. It is fundamental to what it means to be human. Yet the birth of a child is also an . . . . Continue Reading »
The Surrogacy Industry
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Adeline Allen and Mark Bauerlein discuss how gestational surrogacy is dehumanizing. Continue Reading »
The Dangers of Workism
by Lyman StoneFertility rates are lower in countries where people believe that “work provides meaning in life.” Continue Reading »
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