Imperial Selves and Deteriorating Persons
by M. D. AeschlimanBoth arrant trumpery and much of our current “Great Awakening” are lethal to Western civilization, of which we are the beneficiaries and should be the guardians. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousNobody could accuse Scott Yenor of pulling his punches in “Sexual Counter-Revolution” (November 2021). His particular brand of reactionary conservatism is shared by many on the right in our moment. The general view of these conservatives is that the sexual revolution of the past fifty years is . . . . Continue Reading »
Men Are at War with God
by Mary EberstadtSolzhenitsyn famously defined the principal trait of the twentieth century in four words: “Men have forgotten God.” So far, the twenty-first century might be summarized in six: Men are at war with God. Awakened from agnostic slumber by new forms of temptation, chiefly the sexual revolution, . . . . 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 »
All You Need To Know About Sex
by Francis X. MaierSex without love—real love, the kind that comes with obligations and unexpected burdens, but also unexpected joys—kills the taste for both. Continue Reading »
OnlyFans and the Sexual Revolution
by Samuel D. JamesThe sexual revolution's vision of an utterly liberated sexual self turns out to be nothing more than an ambition for enslavement to ruthless forms of commercialism. Continue Reading »
The Illusion of Porn “Literacy”
by Samuel D. James“Porn literacy” is a technocratic evasion to avoid either approving pornography wholesale or condemning it forthrightly. Continue Reading »
Reactionary Feminism
by Mary HarringtonWhen I was about ten, I began to notice that my father would leave the table after dinner, assuming my mother would clear the dishes. As we grew older, my brothers did the same. I thought this unfair to my mother, whose chores seemed never to end. As the only daughter, I faced a dilemma: Should I . . . . 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 »
From Boys to Men
by Tzvi SinenskyRabbi Lamm urges us to invite our young men to join the community of adults by engaging them in conversations centering on matters of substance, through which we can initiate them into the community of the faithful. Continue Reading »
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