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  • Is Marriage the Key to Higher Grad Rates?

    Is Marriage the Key to Higher Grad Rates?0

    In recent years, individual school districts and states as a whole wait with breathless anticipation to see their graduation rates. If rates go up, districts congratulate themselves on the implementation of their new policies. If rates go down, the declines are quickly chalked up to the need for more funds. But as a new study

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  • Is Marriage Obsolete? 4 Essential Reads

    Is Marriage Obsolete? 4 Essential Reads0

    #1: Fewer ‘I dos’ There’s no doubt: Fewer people are making a commitment to marriage. Barely “more than half of adults in the U.S. say they’re living with a spouse,” writes Jay Zagorsky, an economist at The Ohio State University. “It is the lowest share on record, and down from 70 percent in 1967.” What’s

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  • Is Marriage No Longer Worth It for Men?

    Is Marriage No Longer Worth It for Men?15

    Recently, I dated a man a few times who, as I quickly learned, was opposed to marriage. He pointed out that the legal binding of a marriage puts the man in a very vulnerable position, one in which if – or he would say when – a divorce occurs, his home, children, and livelihood are

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  • Is Loneliness Fueling the Rise of Political Polarization in the U.S.?

    Is Loneliness Fueling the Rise of Political Polarization in the U.S.?0

    While browsing through a recently discovered bookstore, I stumbled across a book titled, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right by Ken Stern. Finding the title intriguing, I opened the book and began reading about his experience breaking out of the political “bubble” and experiencing life on

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  • Is Loneliness Driving People to Eat Out More?

    Is Loneliness Driving People to Eat Out More?0

    In recent years, data has shown that the money Americans spend eating out at restaurants has slowly overtaken the amount spent at grocery stores. It’s easy to look at such numbers and quickly lay the blame at the feet of the younger generation: they’re lazy, they don’t have any basic skills, and they don’t understand

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  • Is Lack of Play the Reason Kids are Depressed?

    Is Lack of Play the Reason Kids are Depressed?0

    Last week we discussed the words of psychologist Jean Twenge, who declared that the rise of depression and anxiety in Americans is a result of communal and familial decline, as well as an intensified focus on money, fame, and image. While these are logical and likely culprits, Dr. Peter Gray believes there is another factor

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