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These articles are filled with information to help you take ground in the Culture Wars. Whether you are a business or civic organization trying to maintain your core values, or a parent of a troubled adult child, or a married person trying to keep love alive, you will findhope and inspiration in Dr.J’s writings.
Many of these articles are available for free reprinting in your non-profit organization’s publications. See the bottom of each article for details or contact Dr. J herself at drj@jennifer-roback-morse.com
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Britain and Canada are well ahead in the race to make
fatherhood completely redundant.
Do countries with sub-replacement fertility need more government support, or less? |
Advocates of same-sex "marriage" present the idea as a step forward for tolerance and respect. But recent developments place that interpretation very much in doubt. |
In the modern world of consumer choice divorced from any moral grounding, family policy can seem hopelessly divisive. Some argue that “alternative family forms” are simply private lifestyle choices, comparable to our choices of curtains, cuisine or music. |
The Legacy and Future of Feminism Conference
Harvard University, April 11, 2008
Opening statement by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. |
Recently the California Second District Court of Appeals ruled that parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their children without state certification. Unfortunately, the arguments for banning homeschooling don’t hold water. Find out why below. And those of you who live outside of California can prepare yourselves should this battle come your way.
Biological parents, married to each other, are best for children: better than divorced parents, step parents, cohabiting biological parents, or single parents. We have no right to assume that children will do just fine with same sex couples. Giving preference to married couples as adoptive parents is completely rational. |
My Grandfather’s Son, the autobiography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will be a classic American memoir. |
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If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take to raise a village? |
The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 was inspired by the desire to help mothers manage working and family emergencies. Like many well-intentioned laws, the FMLA has been plagued by unintended consequences |
Hollywood Shows that pro-life sensibilities are very much alive |
Most Americans have made their peace with no-fault divorce, believing easy divorce to be an enhancement of individual liberty |
International programs are focused on the wrong issues when it comes to fighting AIDS. The basic problem lies in promiscuity and concurrent partners. |
The hyper-active gay-rights establishment in California has finally succeeded in getting the Governor Schwarzenegger to sign the California Student Civil Rights Act. |
This article, published in the latest issue of Legatus Magazine, discusses a study conducted by a branch of Planned Parenthood. The study shows that there are various surprising factors that contribute to the effectiveness of contraception. |
"I was able to deliver the following statement before the San Diego City Council. The Council was considering whether to add the City of San Diego's name to a Friend of the Court brief supporting a
case in favor of same sex marriage, currently pending before the California Supreme Court."
September 18, 2007 |
The quest for fulfillment in nursery and office.
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"...The evidence is now clear that cohabitation is a deterrent rather than a catalyst for a life-long marriage..." |
Miscarriage of Care |
In July 2006, I was one a few Americans invited to give a paper at the Fifth World Meeting of Families, sponsored by the Pontifical Council on the Family, in Valencia Spain. The text of that paper has recently been published in a special conference issue of the journal Familia et Vita. I can’t honestly recommend you purchase the whole volume, unless you are fluent in Spanish, Italian and French! The Meeting was a truly international gathering, with clergy and laity from the entire Catholic world. My own contribution, entitled “The Church’s Response to the Socialist Attack on the Family,” is reprinted here.
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Valid “Life-style Choice” or another example of Dumb Sex? |
A study shows that abstinence education programs don’t work. They had the same failure rate as contraceptive programs. Doesn’t that show neither of them works? Read on to find out.
May 1, 2007 |
Debate with Amy Richards at the University of Virginia sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute the Network of Enlightened Women, Feminism is For Everyone
March 14, 2007 |
Before I begin to lay out my specific arguments on the topic of adoptions by gay and lesbian couples, I will situate marriage and the family and their relationship to the larger society within a larger intellectual framework.Debate with Amy Richards at the University of Virginia |
Lecture by Dr. Morse presented to the University of Kentucky Law School—February 14, 2007sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
The book I review in this article states, in a nutshell, that a woman's place is in the workforce, not at home. However, studies have shown that this philosophy does not make for happy marriages or mothers. Read on to find out more.the Network of Enlightened Women, |
SOME PEOPLE JUST NEED TO GET SPANKED "If you are dealing with a sweet, even-tempered child who wants to please, you can reason with them and they will comply. But there are some little stinkers who need something a little firmer."Feminism is For Everyone |
ARE DADS DISPOSABLE? — In recent lesbian court cases involving children, when the biological father comes into the picture, he is all but dismissed as immaterial. Do dads have any rights any more? Are dads even needed?March 14, 2007 |
Unprotected: students exposed to disease and heartache — This article is a review of an excellent, extremely worthwhile book, especially for college students and those who have loved ones in college. Care enough to help them be informed. |
MARRIAGE: STILL IN DEMAND — The New York Times reported that marriage is phasing out while cohabiting is phasing in. Cohabitors fear the mistakes of their divorced parents. Sadly, they don’t realize that their behavior is heading them in the same direction. |
ELEPHANTS ON THE BRAIN — Ryan Sager says the Republican coalition is self-destructing. Is he right? Who or what is to blame? |
LIBERTARIANS FOR SANTORUM? — The Pennsylvania Senate race between social conservative Rick Santorum and his Democratic challenger, Bob Casey, Jr., is one of the most closely-watched contest in the nation. |
THE MORNING AFTER PILL: Plan B, or the morning-after pill, may seem like the best thing since sliced bread, or, more accurately, condoms and the Pill. But women who use this method of "protection" regularly, especially exclusively, as their preferred form of birth control, may be headed for an unpleasant surprise. |
DESPARATE GRANDMAS AND SATISFIED HOUSEWIVES — Older women who have chosen since their early years to forgo lifelong relationships in pursuit of casual, non- commital sex are actually writing about it, and quite explicitly at that! |
DON'T BACK DOWN, HOLY FATHER — Pope Benedict XVI, has come under fire by the Muslims for his recent comments in Regensburg. I for one stand by him. I am proud of him for not backing down. There's no need for him to!
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NOT ALIVE AND LET LIVE MOVEMENT ANYMORE — Freedom-loving people might once have believed that the gay rights movement was about protecting gay people from unwarranted interference with their private lives. No one can believe that any longer. |
THE NOBEL COMMITTEE - Honors Micro-finance: a way out of poverty. |
CONDOMISM - Third world countries, poverty, a choking environment and overpopulation could all be solved by wide-spread condom use, right? Errr... I'm not so sure. |
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