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The Steep Cost of ‘Free’ Child Care
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (868+ words) A growing coalition of advocates, business leaders, and foundations is promoting a universal system of government-funded, full-time child care for all children starting weeks after birth. This is "essential economic infrastructure," they argue, crucial to a thriving economy because it…...
What Betty Friedan Got Wrong About Motherhood
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1277+ words) Nadya Williams is the interim director of the MFA program in creative writing at Ashland University and the books editor at Mere Orthodoxy, where she also hosts the Christians Reading Classics podcast. Her next book, Christians Reading Classics, is coming…...
Against Millennial Halloween Obsession
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1168+ words) Nick Pompella is a science writer, editor, and reporter at Purdue University. He also works as a freelance fiction editor, and has published art criticism and foreign policy analysis for National Review. Against Millennial Halloween Obsession Turn any article into…...
The Brother I Lost - Megan McArdle
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (1907+ words) Unfortunately, New York State Right to Life was not in on the secret, and one day when Nora was not home, they called the house. I was living at home as I prepared to go to business school, so I…...
Your Children Are Too Online | Interview: Dr. Jean Twenge
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (106+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. Your Children Are Too Online | Interview: Dr. Jean Twenge Mike Warren is joined by Dr. Jean Twenge, author of 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World, for…...
Avoiding the New Anti-Toy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1031+ words) Meg Leta Jones is a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown University studying family technology policy in the Communication, Culture, & Technology program. Avoiding the New Anti-Toy Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. This Black Friday,…...
Only Nuance Can Fight the Pornocracy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (900+ words) Upwards of 90 percent of American men have viewed pornography. Hopefully they aren't all misogynistic pedophiles as a result. Only Nuance Can Fight the Pornocracy Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Without defining this question, Pornocracy…...
There Are No Silver Bullets for Illiteracy
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1033+ words) We know what works. But success stories take time. - Ivana Greco - Start a free trial today for full access. There Are No Silver Bullets for Illiteracy Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Overall, the country…...
When You Outsource Friendship to AI
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1440+ words) Leah Libresco Sargeant is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, and the author of "Building the Benedict Option" and the Other Feminisms Substack. Her next book, "The Dignity of Dependence," is out this fall. When You Outsource Friendship to AI…...
Parenting in the Modern Age | Interview: Emily Oster
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (95+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. Parenting in the Modern Age | Interview: Emily Oster Jonah Goldberg teams up with Emily Oster'Brown University economist, and more importantly, Dispatch contributor'to discuss Tylenol and autism, the allure…...