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  • Why the Catholic Church’s Teaching on Contraception Doesn’t Resonate

    Why the Catholic Church’s Teaching on Contraception Doesn’t Resonate0

    When it comes to prohibiting all contraceptive use during sexual intercourse, the Roman Catholic Church is the “last of the Mohicans” among Christians. The typical narrative is that all Christian denominations used to consider contraception evil until relatively recently in history. But then the Anglican Church caved at their 1930 Lambeth Conference, and it was

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  • Study: Smart Kids Are Being Held Back

    Study: Smart Kids Are Being Held Back0

    The last several years have seen a number of parents reporting that their child is not being challenged by the local public school. Naturally, some may want to take these reports with a grain of salt, knowing that parents can easily overestimate the abilities of little Jimmy. But a new study out of Johns Hopkins

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  • Bioethicist: We Must Have Fewer Children Because of Climate Change

    Bioethicist: We Must Have Fewer Children Because of Climate Change0

    Travis N. Rieder says he doesn’t hate babies. But in a recent article written for The Conversation he does say it’s time to “discuss the ethics of having children in this era of climate change.” The threat is just that serious, he writes: In my work, I suggest that 1.5-2 degrees Celsius warming over preindustrial

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  • Stanford Prof: ‘Emphasizing Diversity’ Destroys Nations

    Stanford Prof: ‘Emphasizing Diversity’ Destroys Nations0

    Americans are saturated with celebrations of “diversity” these days. The concept is invoked by elected officials, businesses, and educational institutions as a shibboleth for one’s tolerance of racial, ethnic, and sexual—but as some complain, not ideological—differences.     But as Victor Davis Hanson of Stanford’s Hoover Institution argues in a recent article, Americans should be careful

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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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  • What Most People Don’t Understand About Love

    What Most People Don’t Understand About Love0

    All the problems of the world could be solved if we simply remember that all we need is love. Love! Love is all we need. Is it as simple as John Lennon suggests in his iconic Beatles anthem? The answer is yes. Emphatically, yes! The problem is not with the truth of the mantra but

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