family and society


Should government be involved in marriage?

Thomas Patrick Burke | 17 February 2012 |
tags: government, libertarianism, marriage
Some libertarians, notably Ron Paul, say it should not. Another says that is foolish and irresponsible.


Lost in Transition III: A collective challenge

Thomas Lickona | 09 February 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism
Who is to blame for the moral ignorance of young adults, and what is to be done?


Beating the competition

Carolyn Moynihan | 03 February 2012 |
tags: education crisis, family structure, US economy
Business leaders are blaming the education system for the loss of jobs offshore. But aren’t they forgetting that other institution that turns out good workers?


Is it worth it? the economics of same-sex marriage

Douglas W. Allen | 02 January 2012 |
tags: economics, same-sex marriage
The institution of marriage must be fundamentally redefined to accommodate same sex couples, says a Canadian economist.


Perpetual adolescence goes on display in San Francisco

Paul Adams | 16 December 2011 |
tags: adolescence, childhood, Christmas, US
In America's capital of the weird breaking the world record for naked Santas is no big deal. But it says a lot about the death of childhood.


Leaving something to the children

G. Tracy Mehan III | 22 November 2011 |
tags: ageing population, inheritance
In an ageing society, the question of inheritance is complex. Cultural factors count.


Imagine old age without the state

Oskari Juurikkala | 22 November 2011 |
tags: ageing population, family, social security
Governments did not invent social security. They copied it from the oldest social institution in the world.


Same sex adoption is not a game

Rick Fitzgibbons | 18 November 2011 |
tags: parenting, same-sex adoption, US
Allowing same sex couples to adopt children deprives them of a mother or a father and subjects them to a dangerous social experiment.


Why America might pull through the demographic collapse

Denyse O'Leary | 31 October 2011 |
tags: demography, population, USA
it is mainly religious people who raise children, and more women in America are religious.


Back to basics: a Vince Lombardi moment for the economy

| 26 October 2011 |
tags: economics, family, philosophy
An essay on the four principles of all successful American economic policy - and the philosophical A-team behind them.


Why Islam is in as much trouble as the West

Denyse O’Leary | 24 October 2011 |
tags: demography, Islam, population
Many countries in the Muslim world, including Iran, are also in demographic freefall.


Family values remain strong in a changing world

Laurie deRose | 24 October 2011 |
tags: family values, World Values Survey
Gobal data shows majority support for the traditional family, despite some erosion.


“Mr President, push the reset button on DOMA”

Bob Laird | 18 October 2011 |
tags: Catholic Church, Obama, same-sex marriage
A Catholic bishop warns Obama that his stance on marriage puts him seriously offside with the church.


Ten policies for renewing family life

Phillip Longman | 17 October 2011 |
tags: demographic dividend, economics, family
The state of the family in many advanced societies is unsustainable. Which public policies could reverse this decline?


A dividend Wall Street cannot deliver

W Bradford Wilcox and Carlos Cavallé | 12 October 2011 |
tags: demographic dividend, human capital, marriage
The wealth of nations depends in no small part on the health of the family.


End child pornography: enforce adult porn laws

Patrick A Trueman | 12 October 2011 |
tags: child pornography, law enforcement, US
An exclusive focus on prosecuting child pornography cases ignores a well known fact about adult porn.


Margaret Ogola: an African heroine

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 September 2011 |
tags: Africa, AIDS, heroines
One of four distinguished Kenyan women who died recently was a doctor who spent herself on the welfare of AIDS victims and strengthening the African family.


Spanish mothers, families and children’s happiness

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 September 2011 |
tags: child wellbeing, family values, materialism
A UNICEF report throws more light than it intends on problems in British family life.


Arguments for all seasons

Michael Cook | 16 September 2011 |
tags: bullying, homosexuality, paedophilia, rhetoric
Arguments for tolerance of homosexuality work equally well for paedophilia.


It’s not all sweet for kids in Sweden

David Quinn | 16 September 2011 |
tags: consumerism, parenting, work-life balance
A UN report on British children makes Sweden sound like family heaven. Is it?


Can contraception make America better?

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 August 2011 |
tags: contraception, Obamacare, sexual revolution
The Obama administration thinks it can, but it has completely misdiagnosed the illness.


Britain’s deadbeatest Dad

Zac Alstin | 19 August 2011 |
tags: families, fatherhood, London riots, UK
He’s 34 years old, has 15 children, 13 lovers and no job. What Jamie Cumming’s serial polygamy tells us about the state of the family in Britain.


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