We did see this coming. With relentless energy, the revolutionaries have bulldozed through the culture, breaking down one moral barrier after another—...
The easiest way to infuriate the young is to lean into nostalgia. Nevertheless, it's hard not to be nostalgic for a childhood in which the basic equipment for elementary school was pretty much limited to notebooks, pencils, and an occasional ruler. T ...
We are now the people of the screen. We are surrounded by screens, monitors, and other flickering devices, and each demands our attention. What began with the television has now spread to a host of other technologies. Our minds are increasingly shape ...
Back in the nineteenth century, the British people were introduced to a fairy tale about "water babies" through a story written by Rev. Charles Kingsley. The water babies entered folklore, and generations of British children imagined the water babies ...
Fights brew on abortion rights... Who's the Extremist Now?... Puberty too soon... Parents decry marketers who push sexuality on little girls... Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?... Fighting Teenage Pregnancy With MTV Stars as Exhibit A ...
Are Chinese mothers superior? Amy Chua clearly believes so, and her argument has just as clearly caught the attention of the American public. Chua's book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, has made The New York Times bestseller list for the past ten w ...
The Wall Street Journal blows the cover off the international trade in babies and reproductive technologies this week, as reporters Tamara Audi and Arlene Chang tell of the emergence of a market that assembles the "global baby." Just consider the sh ...
If you were determined to consign a population to poverty and any number of social pathologies, how might you do it? If your design is to extend the effects of these pathologies and pains to successive generations, what might be your plan? The answer ...
A Jewish perspective on homosexuality... Talking to children about God... Defections from the Church of England begin... China bars Christians from a conference... From boys to men in advertising... And a milestone in motherhood passes ...
A literary surprise for the Nobel Committee... But no picture books for the little ones... Big changes in journalism... Barbara Boxer on abortion... Lutherans find their faith tested... And in New York, the pulpit is for laughs ...
Las Vegas hits the Skids... A Medical Horror Story in Guatemala... Stem Cells are back in the News... Tallying the Rallies in Washington... And why Teenagers just won't Grow Up ...