Tag: marriage
The Local Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands at the fore of figures of the Christian past who loom large over political theology and religious activism today. The German...
My Wife Has What I Need
“Men and women, however, live together not only to procreate children but also to have whatever is needed for life. Indeed, from the beginning,...
Truth on the Losing Side
Justice Scalia’s dissents in the two same-sex “marriage” cases are worth reading. The first opinion addresses the idea of judicial supremacy within the federal...
Second-Hand Sex
Hillsdale, Michigan. Perhaps it is a function of having been reared by two alums of Bob Jones University -- where, let's be clear,...
The Case for Getting Married Young
Hidden Springs Lane. A couple months before my wife and I were married, a friend ask me "why do you want to get married...
Why Australia Needs a Renewed Culture of Natural Marriage
Human nature, innate human longings, human biology, and human history are all on your side.
Sharing the Kids Equally
Wichita, KS
So, Melissa has flown the coop, escaping to Washington D.C. for the next four days to hang out with friends old and new,...
Anti-Culture, America, and the Other
A couple of years ago, I wrote a piece on Philip Rieff for the American Conservative. One of the themes of Rieff’s work on...
Sex, Eschatology, and Everyday Life
Devon, PA. I have contended that the two most vocal sources of outrage at Pope Benedict XVI's remark about the deleterious role of condoms...