Cohabitation does not serve the “best interest” of children, regardless of what the courts say.
Pillar: Education & Culture
Education & Culture
The fourth pillar, education and culture, is built upon the recognition of two essential realities. First, the Western intellectual tradition requires a dedication to and desire for truth. Second, education takes place not only within colleges and universities but within our broader culture, whose institutions and practices form us as whole persons.
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Sexual Revolution: Defend It, If You Can
Let the sexual revolution be justified on the grounds of the common good.
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Medieval Wisdom for Modern Universities
Augustine, Aquinas, and Alexandria offer forgotten ideals regarding what learning is and the scale at which it flourishes.
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Diversity, Dignity, and My Daughter
An anti-bullying program’s political slant leads one mother to reflect on the real meaning of diversity and dignity.
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Did Pius XII Lie to Save Jews?
A historian looks at how one man sought to serve both truth and love.
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Political Responsibility and Exceptionless Moral Norms
What exceptionless moral norms are we willing to discard for the sake of a good cause?
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Speaking Truth to Evil
The Live Action case is very different from the Nazis-at-the-door problem, but lying is justified in neither situation.
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Truth, Love, and Live Action
The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.
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On Form and Flarf
An appreciation for the naturalness of form can lead us back from the politicization of poetry.
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The Useless University
The ancient tradition of pursuing knowledge for its own sake is slowly, quietly making a comeback.
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Polyamory in the 21st Century
A book on the polyamorous community by a “participant observer” provides a window into a weird, confused, and growing world.
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Just the Facts, Ma’am
When a woman claims to be a man, should the university and the press play along?
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The Shock of Recognition
Newly defined and vigorously enforced rights have proliferated even as they are uprooted from any philosophic grounding.
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Ambiguity at the American Acropolis
An exhibition by contemporary artist Enrique Martínez Celaya at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (on view through November 23rd) is a unique chance to contrast the uncertainty of our own age with the New Medievalism of the great American architect, Ralph Adams Cram.
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Campus Political Correctness and the Costs of Free Speech
It is difficult to speak up and defend certain unpopular truths on today’s college campuses. But it is also urgently needed and greatly rewarding.
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Intellectuals and the Masses
Intellectuals have failed to recognize the real character of the Tea Party.
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Tea Party Metaphysics: Where Do We Go From Here?
Social conservatives must understand and embrace America’s traditional economic culture before they can contribute to its renewal. Economic conservatives must expel the infection of shallow anthropology, vulgar utilitarianism, and metaphysical blindness that they picked up from progressivism in the 20th century.
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The Argument Over Pregnancy: And Why it Matters
Accepting the “liberal” definition on pregnancy can actually help clarify the morality of contraception, abortion, and embryo adoption.