Ireland’s Next Referendum
by John DugganCatholic Ireland's battle against the de-Catholicizing of her Constitution is coming to an end.
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The Case For Kids
by Kevin DeYoungThe most significant thing happening in the world may very well be a thing that is not happening: Men and women are not having children. The biblical logic has been reversed, and the barren womb has said “Enough!” (Prov. 30:16). The paradigmatic affliction of the Old Testament is now . . . . Continue Reading »
Cutting the Cord
by Samira KawashThe familial, connective virtues of landlines live on in their wireless descendants. Continue Reading »
Authoritative Homes
by Charles L. GlennParental authority has been an issue of lively and often bitter public debate over the past two centuries, and it seems likely to play a significant role in the 2022 elections and beyond. As I write, a lead story in the Washington Post features a new nationwide organization called “Moms . . . . Continue Reading »
The Death and Life of Italian Families
by Virginia Coda NunzianteItaly, once the country of large families with many children, is today a country of the elderly. Twenty-three percent of the Italian population is over the age of sixty-five, and the mean age of Italian citizens is above forty-four. At the end of the nineteenth century, the fertility rate per woman . . . . Continue Reading »
Fruitful and Multiplied
by Liel LeibovitzDizengoff 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 »
What We Lost
by John SorianoThe COVID-induced isolation—and worse—permeating our “senior living facilities” is a haunting reminder that, as a society, we lost something precious by migrating away from multi-generational living. Continue Reading »
A Children's Book for Our Time
by Mark BauerleinMatthew Mehan joins the podcast to discuss his recent children's book, The Handsome Little Cygnet. Continue Reading »
Generation Against Generation
by Philip PilkingtonA war is slowly brewing. It pits parents against their children and children against their parents. Longstanding social and economic trends are creating tensions between the generations. These trends, which show no sign of abating, have largely escaped the attention of the public and are rarely . . . . Continue Reading »
Common Good Republicans
by Daniel LipinskiI experienced a bit of shock recently while attending a conference hosted by the Napa Institute. I was listening to J. D. Vance, a U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio and the author of Hillbilly Elegy. In his interview on the conference’s final evening, Vance attacked Republican support for the . . . . Continue Reading »
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