Return of the Cyborgs
by Mary HarringtonA newly-influential strand of feminism aims to free us from the inconvenience of embodiment. Continue Reading »
Scott Yenor on Sexual Counter-Revolution
by R. R. RenoScott Yenor joins the podcast to talk about the ends and limits of the sexual liberation movement. Continue Reading »
Sexual Counter-Revolution
by Scott YenorPlanned Parenthood recently distributed flyers at Stewart Middle School in Tacoma, Washington. The flyers targeted eleven-year-olds, informing them that they could have sex with anyone under the age of thirteen, and that their parents were not entitled to determine whether they took birth . . . . Continue Reading »
Lose the Culture, Lose the Family
by Scott YenorConservatives must take stock of our policy failures with respect to the family over the past decades. Family is a product of culture, not economic incentives alone. Continue Reading »
Family Policy After Roe
by Yuval LevinAfter half a century, the struggle against the cruel and radical abortion regime imposed on our society by the Supreme Court may be nearing its end. The pro-life movement, derided at times as naive even by some who share its goals, may be about to win a great victory for justice by having worked . . . . Continue Reading »
The Eschatological Hope of Bearing Children
by Ian CavenyTo bear a baby is to participate in the mysteries of God. Continue Reading »
War Against Fathers
by John WatersThe New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Powerby stephen baskervilleangelico, 408 pages, $30 Divorce cases in the U.S. now account for 35 to 50 percent of civil litigation, at a cost to the public purse of billions of dollars per year. Out of . . . . Continue Reading »
Losing my Child at Easter
by Leah Libresco SargeantA grieving mother finds Christ in the comfort of fellow women also bearing wounds. Continue Reading »
No, Junior, the Catholic Church is not the Same as ISIS
by Br. Michael BaggotA seventh-grader recently asked me how to respond to his peer’s obstinate claim that he and the rest of his Catholic co-religionists are just as bad as ISIS. Continue Reading »
Richard Swinburne on Sex, Family, and Life
by The EditorsA controversy has erupted in the past week over a keynote delivered by Richard Swinburne at the most recent Midwest meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers. We at First Things were curious about the paper that prompted all the to-do, and so we asked Professor Swinburne to let us make his paper available. He has generously agreed. Continue Reading »
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