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  • Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women

    Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women0

    • November 7, 2017

    Most of us are familiar with the genetic differences between men and women. Men have X and Y sex chromosomes, and women have two X chromosomes. We know that genes on these chromosomes may act differently in men and women. But a recent paper claims that beyond just genes on X and Y, a full

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  • Millennial Women Are Ditching the Pill. Here’s Why.

    Millennial Women Are Ditching the Pill. Here’s Why.0

    • November 7, 2017

    In recent days, there has been a fair amount of brouhaha regarding the contraception mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act. While the Obama administration insisted that businesses must offer insurance coverage for contraceptives – even if the business was morally opposed to the idea – the Trump administration reversed this course of action. The

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  • Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’

    Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’0

    • November 7, 2017

    In recent years there has been much talk about American exceptionalism. Does it—or does it not—exist? Are we truly a unique people—or are we not? Well before all this talk, G.K. Chesterton weighed in on the side of the American exceptionalists. The United States, he wrote, was the only nation “with the soul of a

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  • Current Gun Laws Should Have Made It Impossible for Texas Shooter to Buy Gun

    Current Gun Laws Should Have Made It Impossible for Texas Shooter to Buy Gun0

    • November 7, 2017

    On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5, Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire on the congregants of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The attack killed 26 people, including a pregnant woman and a number of children. A man living nearby heard the shots, grabbed his own firearm, and pursued Kelley. Kelley was found dead

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  • Do Americans Shame Too Much – Or Not Enough?

    Do Americans Shame Too Much – Or Not Enough?0

    • November 7, 2017

    The word “shameless” is being tossed around an awful lot these days, which might speak to what many see as the country’s increasingly coarse, vitriolic political discourse. Perhaps, the thinking goes, American culture could use a dose of shame and humility. But what about people harassed on social media, like Walter Palmer, the dentist who

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  • Why Socialists Are More Materialistic Than Capitalists

    Why Socialists Are More Materialistic Than Capitalists0

    • November 7, 2017

    In his 1993 book The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the late Christian philosopher Michael Novak wrote that certain cultures are more likely to favor capitalism. Among them were the following: Confucian, Jewish, Protestant, and Northern European Catholic. These cultures, Novak argued, possessed certain commonalities that made them more likely to engage in

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