Is Divorce Good for America’s Women?
An article by sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox raises the question of how divorce hurts and helps women.
Marriage As Friendship
One of the best ways to bolster American unions is to promote a proper understanding of friendship and marriage.
Darwin’s Disciples Today
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of the Species, it is time to realize that the best way to honor his legacy is to fight its over-extension and misapplication into the realm of politics. The second in a two-part series.
The Origins of Darwinian Political Thought
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, it is time to realize that the best way to honor his legacy is to fight its overextension and misapplication into the realm of politics. The first in a two-part series.
Policing the Global Financial Hit Squad
In the wake of the financial crisis, market reform will require moral reform.
Regulation through Reputation
Attempts to regulate corporate misbehavior need to find a better instrument than intrusive regulations.
Duty and Disability
Having spent 20 years wrongly diagnosed as in a persistent vegetative state, Rom Houben reminds us that disabled persons are capable of many more substantive opportunities for human fulfillment than we are initially inclined to believe. But is bodily life just as such worth preserving? Can care-givers rightly remove hydration and nutrition?
CO2 is Not a Pollutant: Debunking a Global-Warming Myth
In the wake of the “Climate-gate” controversy, a scientist at Princeton University argues for a sensible view on climate change and CO2.
Do We Have a Right to Equal Health Care?
Calls for health-care reform confuse the basic right to healthcare and a desire for healthcare that is in all ways equal.
The Financial Crisis and the Challenge of Natural Law
Is the current financial crisis simply a technical failure, or does it derive from some more basic problem? Economists may need to begin addressing fundamental questions concerned with value, and for that, they may turn to the natural law tradition.
Don’t Forget Religious Freedom
To practice what he preaches, to respect laws passed by Congress, and to support Muslims who advocate for peaceful pluralism, President Obama needs to take action in support of religious freedom. Here are specific suggestions to move this effort forward.
Economic Liberalism and its Discontents
If we are to restore confidence in free markets, we need a robust explanation of their moral value.
Postmodern Pythagoras
Can the divide between the Liberal Arts and the Sciences be bridged by beauty?
The Post-Nuclear Family
It is no simple matter to care for aging parents. But in the face of an uncertain future, concrete steps can be taken to make an unusual option more attractive.
A Dicey Proposal
Principled reasons and practical considerations suggest that proposals to legalize casino gambling misunderstand what is good for cities and states, and ultimately for people as well.
What Makes a Woman a Woman: The Case of Caster Semenya
Sugar, spice, and everything nice or snaps, snails, and puppy-dog tails? A controversy over a South African runner makes us ask what boys and girls are made of.
The Real Health-Care Debate
The real health-care debate isn’t whether we should have reform, but which type of reform to pursue: good reform versus bad reform. A senior economist explains how we can make high quality health-care available to all.
Social Conservatism Is Here to Stay
The focus of social conservatives on family and human dignity is as necessary today as ever. Even if today’s hot-button issues fade, social conservatism will still be a force in our political life
What’s Really the Matter With Pop Music?
Popular music shapes us and our culture, but not only through its lyrics.
The Pop-Culture Wars
If we take seriously what is said by Plato and Aristotle, then we must also pay attention to what is being said by the likes of Taylor Swift and Kanye West.
What Is Public Discourse?
If citizens and politicians believe that victory is to the loudest, or to the most dramatic, then loud and dramatic they will be. The process of public discourse, by contrast, is often deliberative, difficult, and slow. Its participants must, on occasion, “dare to be boring.”
All in the Family
Though there is no hope of having a morally neutral definition of marriage, it is possible to have one based on human nature and supported by sound reasoning.
The Conscientious Engagement of Yves Simon
Yves Simon’s fierce moral intelligence highlights the sad decay of our public deliberation, but his example also gives cause for hope.
Tortured Reasoning
Opposition to the CIA interrogations of terror suspects is not a reason to distort important Constitutional principles.
