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Much as I like the idea of a rubric's cube, it's spelled Rubik's cube. (Now what would a rubric's cube…
Great response to the Mace bill by AOC (video at link).
@bcb: Sometimes I think the whole election was an elaborate murder-suicide plot that the entire country is carrying out.
@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…
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Category Archives: Families structures, divorce, etc
Poor people value marriage as much as the middle class and rich, study shows
The title of this post comes from the UCLA press release: Poor people hold more traditional values toward marriage and divorce than people with moderate and higher incomes, UCLA psychologists report in the current issue of the Journal of Marriage … Continue reading
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“As If Married”
In the 9th Circuit’s recent Prop 8 opinion, the Court noted: “… ‘marriage’ is the name that society gives to the relationship that matters most between two adults. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but to … Continue reading
Did No-Fault Divorce Create A “Divorce Culture”?
[A crosspost from Family Scholars Blog.] Douglas Allen, in an interview Karen linked to, said: In the 1960s debate [over no-fault divorce], no one thought the divorce rate would change, but it changed enormously and led to a divorce culture. … Continue reading
Increased Incarceration And The Decline In Marriage Rates
From economist Marina Adshade’s “Dollars And Sex” blog: New research published in The Review of Economics and Statistics shows that growing incarceration has contributed to declining marriage rates. In fact, this paper finds that about 13% of the decline in … Continue reading
To Know What Social Science Says About Gay Parenting, Look At Studies Of Gay Parenting.
Sherif Girgis’ rebuttal to Richard Chappell’s withering critique of “What Is Marriage?” covers more than I can respond to in a blog post. But I did want to look at Girgis’ discussion of social science and same-sex parenting. because the … Continue reading
Wanna Support Marriage? End The Drug War. Fight Unemployment.
[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog.] As an unintended consequence of participating in so many arguments about marriage equality, I’ve read a lot of work by so-called marriage advocates. Although on the subject of same-sex marriage I haven’t found their arguments … Continue reading
Kathryn Edin: “Everything we used to think about the poor with regards to marriage is probably wrong.”
[Crossposted on Family Scholars Blog] Kathryn Edin is the co-author of Promises I Can Keep. I’d recommend that every Family Scholar blogger and reader read this book (and probably many already have). An Amazon review usefully summarizes the book: Kathryn … Continue reading
Family Politics Suck 2: The Difficulty of Fictionalized Autobiography
I’m teaching a class in playwriting this semester and yesterday I introduced my students to David Ball’s definition of action. This is from his book Backwards & Forwards: “Action occurs when something happens that makes or permits something else to happen.” … Continue reading
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Family Politics Suck!
I wish I could tell you the stories motivating that title, because they are really good stories, and they come both from my own family and the family to which I am an in-law. It’s not that I can’t tell … Continue reading
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Thanks for the catch! And, I have no idea whatsoever what a rubric's cube would be or would do. But…