Ideologically Driven Sexology: Tools for Building “The Sexual World We Want”
From its earliest inception, the pioneers of sexology set out not simply to study and discover what is, but also to change what is to align with what they thought should or wanted to be. While we can objectively study the anatomy and physiology of the sex organs or seek to understand the mechanisms of […]
Dr. Amy E. Hamilton
“Home” in Crisis and Renewal: An Introduction
During the 1990’s, dozens of academic conferences and hefty volumes of analysis appeared on the problem of “the home,” a focus that continues to our day. Driving this analysis has been the wave of feminist scholars, for whom the home has served as “the crucible of gender domination.” Expected phrases such as “patriarchal capitalism” and […]
Allan C. Carlson
Entrusted to Teach: Classical Education Around the World
Some families live under the impossible burden — or perhaps the neglectful default — of allowing children to choose for themselves. This practice extends to the foods they will eat, the manner in which they will spend leisure time, and what they will believe to be true.
Cheryl Swope
iFamNews
University warns professor after he speaks out against assisted suicide
September 2, 2026
A British university has issued a warning to an emeritus professor after he publicly criticized assisted suicide, raising concerns about academic freedom as Parliament prepares for another debate over legalizing the practice. Dr. Kevin Yuill, an emeritus history professor at the University of Sunderland and chief executive of Humanists Against Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, said […]
Nova Scotia’s last Catholic hospital loses protections against abortion and euthanasia
September 2, 2026
Nova Scotia’s last Catholic hospital will become a secular institution on October 1, ending longstanding restrictions on abortion and euthanasia. St. Martha’s Regional Hospital will be renamed Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital after its Catholic Mission Assurance Agreement expires September 30. The Sisters of St. Martha, who have been involved with the hospital for more than […]
Spain investigates suspected surrogacy network using birthright citizenship loophole
September 1, 2026
Spanish police are investigating a series of suspicious births at the University Hospital of Burgos involving around 30 Brazilian women who traveled from Belgium to Spain shortly before giving birth, raising concerns about a possible international surrogacy network. Between early May and late June 2026, the women reportedly arrived in Burgos while heavily pregnant or […]
Trump administration forces Kansas school district to end secret gender transition plans
September 1, 2026
The Trump administration has reached an agreement with a Kansas school district requiring it to end policies that allowed staff to hide students’ gender transitions from their parents. The Department of Education announced that Topeka Public Schools will no longer be permitted to create secret “gender support plans” for students. Existing plans must now be […]
Book Reviews
Of Housing and Homes
Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing Diana Lind Bold Type Books, 2020; 272 pages, $16.99 Perhaps the most famous quote about the concept of home hails from Robert Frost’s “The Death of the Hired Man”: “Home,” says one character to another, “is the place where, when you have to go […]
Navigation Out of Trans Nation
Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness Miriam Grossman, MD Skyhorse Publishing, 2023; 360 pages, $32.50 Dr. Miram Grossman has long been a warrior on the frontlines of the culture wars surrounding sexuality and gender identity. As the proverbial battle-hardened general—having witnessed firsthand the lying dead, the maimed and […]
Feminist Economics
Feminism Against Progress Mary Harrington Regnery, 2023; 256 pages, $29.99 Why did it take so long for feminism to happen? Feminists have no Archimedes or Newton, spurred to insight by bathwater or apples. Feminist thought was not translated into consciousness by a discovery like the Rosetta stone, or inaugurated by an explosively brilliant philosopher. […]
O World, What Else Have You Got?
Redefining Rich: Achieving True Wealth with Small Business, Side Hustles, and Smart Living Shannon Hayes Ben Bella, 2021; 224 pages, $14.95 If you’d kindly turn to the index of first lines in the poetry anthology nearest you, you’ll find the O section led by two odes to the world: “O world, I cannot hold […]
New Research
New Research
Married Parents Matter In recent years, elites, the media, and popular research outlets have touted the opinion that marriage is on the way out. Children are resilient, goes the narrative, and it is far better for children to grow up on a conflict-free home. As a society, we have “outgrown” the institution of marriage. Recent […]
NEW RESEARCH: Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: An Important Debate
“Sexual Orientation Change Efforts,” or “SOCE,” describe a number of therapeutic practices designed to help a same-sex attracted individual change his or her attraction to a heterosexual attraction. Sometimes referred to as “conversion therapy,” SOCE has garnered fierce debate, and is actually prohibited in a number of states. In its place, therapists are often urged […]
SPECIAL REPORT: A Plea for Honest Social Research: The Work of Walter R. Schumm
In this age of cancel culture and woke gender ideology—both of which go a step or two further than mere “political correctness”—it is rare to find a scholar willing to challenge the status quo of LGBTQ research. Those who do are either castigated (by the media, other researchers, or their employers) or simply ignored.