Category Archives: Families structures, divorce, etc

On Tuesday of last week, I helped move my mother to her new house in New Jersey. This means that I am the last member of my family left in New York, and if you had told me fifteen years … Continue reading →

At the Atlantic, sociology prof Philip Cohen provides this graph: Looking at it from the perspective of 1990, it was easy to assume a strong causal relationship between the rise in single motherhood and the murder epidemic. By my reading … Continue reading →

The ways that too-weak family ties can harm society are frequently noted. But what about the other extreme — can overly strong family ties also harm society? Mark Silk at Religious News Service writes: It has, of course, been an … Continue reading →

Ozy Frantz is a writer I almost always agree with. But in zir excellent article “11 Ways Men Can Be Better Feminist Allies,” zie writes: 8) Support women’s bodily autonomy. On a political level, of course, one should fight pro-life … Continue reading →