by Publius | Apr 1, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By L.S. Dugdale | (Source) A National Hospice Foundation survey some years ago found that Americans are more inclined to discuss safe sex and drugs with their children than they are to talk with their terminally ill parents about preparing for death. Although this...
by Publius | Mar 11, 2020 | Economics and Enterprise, Family, Grey Matter
By Rep. Ted Budd| (Source) Why are some millennials more financially secure than others? The answer has to do with individual life choices. Americans who graduate high school, start working, get married, and have children—in that order—are significantly less...
by Publius | Feb 26, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Mary Eberstadt| (Source) This essay is adapted from a speech delivered January 25, 2020, at the first annual meeting of The David Project, a new pro-life organization whose members represent every Ivy League campus. Who are the true radicals of our time? Not...
by Publius | Feb 12, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By Dennis Prager | (Source) I began part one of “Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy?” with data showing the apparently unprecedentedly high rate of unhappiness among young people in America (and elsewhere, but I am focusing on America). The rates of suicide,...
by Publius | Feb 5, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Family, Grey Matter
By Jean Twenge | (Source) We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. But rates of major depression among teen girls in the U.S. increased...