August 28, 2018 The Topic: Burned-Out Mothers Worldwide The News Story: In Japan, Working Mothers Battle Overwork Culture The New Research: Underestimating the “Mommy Effect” in the U.S. and U.K. The News Story: In Japan, Working Mothers Battle Overwork Culture “In Japan,” reports a recent news story, “long working hours is a serious issue for […]
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August 14, 2018 The Topic: Who Will Care for the Elderly? The News Story: Aging Japan—Robots May Have Role in Future of Elder Care The New Research: How Brazil’s Retreat From Childbearing is Making Elder Care Difficult The News Story: Aging Japan—Robots May Have Role in Future of Elder Care Japan was one of the […]
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 The Topic: Falling Birthrates, Plummeting Economy The News Story: U.S. Births Dip to 30-Year Low The New Research: Roots of Recession The News Story: U.S. Births Dip to 30-Year Low “The birthrate fell for nearly every group of women of reproductive age in the U.S. in 2017,” dispassionately reports NPR, “reflecting […]
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June 26, 2018 The Topic: Real Suicide Prevention The News Story: Are Suicides Really Preventable? The New Research: Preventing Suicide—Family Connections as Safety Net The News Story: Are Suicides Really Preventable? In the wake of the suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade in the past few weeks, multiple media outlets have focused on the […]
Read MoreEminent sociologist Carle Zimmerman’s Family and Civilization is widely considered to be a classic. It is a tour de force on family structure. And its largely accurate prophecies make its age (over 70 years) even more valuable. It’s not clear whether Zimmerman’s succinct first sentence is motivated by his profession or his interest as a […]
Read MoreHippocratic Oath 1. I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses as my witnesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this contract: 2. To hold him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, […]
Read MoreThe Who, Where, and Why of Couple-Operated Business Ventures American Copreneurs: The Who, Where, and Why of Couple-Operated Business Ventures Nicole M. King Perhaps nowhere in literature is the idea of a home-based economy more evident than in the works of Kentucky agrarian writer Wendell Berry. In the fictional lives of the members of the […]
Read MoreRebuilding an Economy Focused on Family and Community The Great Recession of 2008-2009 brought to the surface old truths that many chose to forget when times seemed to be good: The business cycle has not been eliminated; finance capitalism is by nature unstable; politically connected corporations commonly escape market discipline; and there is nothing conservative […]
Read MoreFrom Rerum Novarum to Amoris Laetitia Every Roman Catholic magisterial document that confronts the key social issues of our contemporary culture should be compulsory reading for many, but especially for those researchers who reflect on the centrality of the family in the lives of every human being and of society at large. The great ideologies […]
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June 12, 2018 The Topic: Growing Acceptance of a Dangerous Addiction The News Story: More Americans Say Pornography is Morally Acceptable The New Research: Internet Pornography—Akin to Cocaine The News Story: More Americans Say Pornography is Morally Acceptable A recent Gallup poll reveals that a whopping 43% of Americans now believe that pornography is “morally […]
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