The courage and clarity of President Trump’s executive orders on gender identity Last week, flanked by a small army of girls and young women, Presi...
Young men are turning to conservatism—in politics and in Christianity They didn’t see this coming. Liberals in America are scratching their heads t...
The meaning of the president’s second term in office Monday was one of those very few days that draw a line in the sands of history. Amer...
The life and legacy of Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga., at age ...
Well, the inevitable hand-wringing over today's numerical date is in full swing. In some cities, mothers are demanding that their Caesarian procedures be postponed a day. Other worried citizens are planning to spend the day either hidden away or on a ...
The Federal "Marriage Protection Amendment" is set to hit the floor of the U.S. Senate today, though opponents may block a yes or no vote. In any event, it is an important event. Opponents of the measure have now found their mantra, arguing that it i ...
Will Britain legalize human cloning? The Daily Telegraph reports today that Dr. Ian Wilmut, the lead researcher in the cloning of "Dolly," the first cloned mammal, is now behind the effort -- even as he had steadfastly opposed such efforts in the pa ...
"Heroin doesn't hook people; rather, people hook heroin." Theodore Dalrymple, a psychiatrist and skilled essayist, has written an important article on the illusion of addiction. In "Poppycock,' published in the May 25, 2006 edition of The Wall Street ...
Philip Marchand argues that the generation born between between the G.I. Generation and the Baby Boomers set the stage for the rebellions of the 1960s and the great social transformations of the 1970s. Writing in The Toronto Sun, Marchand argues tha ...
The Kentucky State School Board has placed itself at the center of an expanding controversy as it has debated replacing references to B.C. and A.D. with B.C.E. and C.E. in social studies materials. Of course, B.C. refers to "Before Christ" and A.D. ...
Week by week, Lee Siegel of The New Republic offers some of the most insightful cultural analysis to be found anywhere. In this week's issue, he considers the meaning of Oprah Winfrey, arguing that Oprah represents the apex of television as a cultur ...
Newsweek introduces its readers to the movement it calls the "Lohasians" in the magazine's June 5, 2006 edition. According to Steven Waldman of Beliefnet.com, "Lohasian" is an acronym for "Lifestyles of Heath and Sustainability." Here's how the Loh ...
According to a new study, British men lead all others in the consumption of online pornography. The study was commissioned by The Independent [London] and the results seem to have shocked the paper's reporters, Anthony Barnes and Sophie Goodchild: ...
Is the world of fashion the implacable enemy of modesty in dress? Pia Catton considers this question in a most interesting essay published in the current edition of In Character. In "Dressing for the Occasion: When is Allure a Fashion Slip?," she arg ...