What Judaism Teaches About Lust
by Rafi EisThe Hebrew Bible and Talmud do not agree with Jesus in equating lust with adultery, but they indicate that the gap between these two sins is quite small. Continue Reading »
Insight at First Sight
by Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin StoreyImagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end of your senior year. Your eye catches a cute guy sitting across the room, talking to his friends. You smile inwardly, then get down to studying. After a while, you get up for another coffee—and . . . . Continue Reading »
The New Intolerance
by Francis X. MaierThere is a new kind of intolerance “strangling open discussion across the West,” and this new brand of intolerance is linked closely with the sexual revolution. Continue Reading »
The Child Tax Credit Should Promote Work and Marriage
by Patrick T. Brown and W. Bradford WilcoxAn improved child tax credit could play a crucial role in strengthening the financial foundations of family life for working- and middle-class families across the country. Continue Reading »
Congress Dishonors Marriage
by Salvatore J. CordileoneThe “Respect for Marriage Act,” recently passed in both Houses of Congress, is celebrated as an advancement in equality, liberty, and respect. But equality and liberty for whom? Respect for what? Continue Reading »
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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C. S. Lewis and Contraception
by Michael WardC. S. Lewis's writings betray no formal stance on contraception, though a close reading reveals his critical gaze on the topic, prohibited from speech by a sense of prudence. Continue Reading »
American Nightmare
by Liel LeibovitzLate at night, after the dishes have all been cleared and the kids put to bed, most of my friends cast a quick, furtive look around to make sure no one’s watching, grab their phones, slide into bed, and indulge their wildest and most sensuous desires. No, they’re not looking at pornography. . . . . Continue Reading »
Going Beyond the Letter of the Law
by Gerhard Ludwig Müller and Stephan KampowskiIn previous times, people who did not agree with the teaching of Humanae Vitae or Donum Vitae simply said that they begged to differ. The new approach, adopted by the PAV, is to state the opposite of the teaching, while at the same time claiming that one agrees. 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 »
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