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  • 5 Charts that Explain Why Millennials Are Not Having Children

    5 Charts that Explain Why Millennials Are Not Having Children0

    Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn’t have children. Thanks in part to this decline in birthrate, for the first time in U.S. history, there may soon be more elderly people than children. Based on trends in costs, it’s evident why many families are choosing to have fewer children – or in

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  • G.K. Chesterton: Women Shouldn’t Pursue Careers?

    G.K. Chesterton: Women Shouldn’t Pursue Careers?0

    As we drove home from a family trip, my wife and I got to talking about the challenging situations some of her female friends find themselves in. They are unbelievably successful in their careers, but struggle with balancing work, family, and, especially, the careers of their husbands. Indeed, for a few of them it seems that everything is

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  • Genetics—Not Fancy Schools—Largely Determine Academic Success, Study Finds

    Genetics—Not Fancy Schools—Largely Determine Academic Success, Study Finds0

    Late last week, an article in the U.K. Telegraph caught my eye. It reported on a new study which found that selective grammar schools – akin to what the U.S. might refer to as college-prep schools – aren’t necessarily the key to producing smart kids. The thing that does produce smart, academically successful kids is

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  • The Sexual Revolution’s Unwanted Progeny

    The Sexual Revolution’s Unwanted Progeny0

    A few months ago, I wrote about the sexual revolution that needs to happen, but won’t. Partly because the more powerful can, and often do, elicit grudging “consent” from the less powerful, seeing mutual consent as the sole moral criterion for sexual interactions is problematic. That’s one of the sexual revolution’s unwanted progeny. We need

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  • A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later

    A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later0

    Neil Postman (1931- 2003) was one of the most prolific and influential American intellectuals of the 20th century. A longtime educator at NYU, Postman authored 18 books and more than 200 articles in the nation’s top magazines and newspapers, such as The Atlantic, Time magazine, and Harper’s Magazine. Part of Postman’s immense popularity, I’ve long

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  • The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings

    The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings0

    One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has always been. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in our responses to the recent Parkland, Florida, massacre. Part of the responses to those murders are calls to raise the age to purchase a gun and to have

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