Marriage & Family
April 10, 2025
By Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell, The Federalist - No man or woman remains young, healthy, and working forever, which makes a network of family supports more important as time goes on... While recently sharing a meal with a group of Gen Z and Millennial young adults, we discussed whether marriage is still relevant. Marriage was once almost a given, but the pathway to family life is far less straightforward today... This is the central question we ask in our new book, I…Do? Why Marriage Still Matters. We’ve identified at least five forces that have reshaped how young adults understand marriage and left them less confident about the prospect of enjoying a healthy married life.
April 9, 2025
By Laraine Bennett and Lianna Haidar, Catholic Exchange - Anxiety. Who has not had on occasion that panicky feeling, our heart racing as anxious “what if” thoughts flood our minds? This heightened stress response is the amygdala setting off alarm bells, preparing us to fight or to flee, telling us we are in danger... When we are in mortal danger, we need our amygdala to ready our bodies by quickening our breath, raising our blood pressure, sending cortisol and adrenaline to heighten our energy. But what if we are simply preparing to give a presentation at work? Or laying in bed trying to sleep?
April 8, 2025
By MassResistance, The Stream - Public school enrollment across the country is going down. By the thousands, families are saying they’ve had enough. They are either paying to send their children to private schools or they are taking on the burdens of homeschooling... It’s not hard to see why. By virtually every measure, public education in America is worse than ever before. High percentages of children in every grade are reading below their expected grade-point level. They can’t solve complex (or even easy) math problems. Their knowledge of civics, American government, and history is abysmal. They can’t write coherent paragraphs.
April 7, 2025
By Tim Young, The Daily Signal - President Donald Trump’s win in November was so sweeping of a mandate that Republicans won control of both the House and Senate... Control of Congress is critical to moving Trump’s vast America First agenda forward—and because of the slim majority held by Republicans in the House of Representatives, one would hope they’re working together in lockstep on behalf of the American people. ...
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