Can Marriage Bring a Cure to Poverty?

Can Marriage Bring a Cure to Poverty?

By Annie Lowrey | Imagine a late-night television commercial aimed at Washington’s wonks: Tired of your same old tax credits and grant proposals? Ever dreamed of a policy tool that improved children’s health, bolstered income and eradicated poverty — all without...
Marrying Young: Point/Counter-Point

Marrying Young: Point/Counter-Point

Compiled by Prof. Jack Lewis | As our society argues over the defining of marriage, it is also arguing over when to enter into that relationship as well.  The following articles consider both marrying young and waiting from differing perspectives.  Both are from...
What Few Deny Gay Marriage Will Do

What Few Deny Gay Marriage Will Do

By Robert P. George | Masha Gessen is a talented writer. Her widely praised (and sharply critical) biography of Vladimir Putin is only the most recent of her books across a range of subjects from Russian history, to mathematics, to the social implications of modern...