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Post of the Week
Did you miss R. J. Moeller’s post about Wendy Moore’s new book, How to Create the Perfect Wife? It’s this…
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The Things Men Do With a Broken Heart
There are only two musicals that I will openly admit to liking: the film versions of The Sound of Music…
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Is Wedding-Mania Something to Celebrate?
Congratulations Sean Parker. Sure, you started Napster at fifteen, angered Metallica, invested in several internet start-ups, made billions through Facebook,…
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Love, Marriage, and Redemption
This is the halfway point for my series of posts on great novels about marriage, and with this third installment…
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You’re Not the Horrible Man I Married Anymore!
In the first installment of this series on great novels about marriage we looked at a thousand-plus-page epic novel about life and…
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Revolutionary Road: The Pitfalls of Marrying Young
The thing is, people change. At least they’re supposed to. If they don’t then they die.
This is…
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Downton Abbey and Modern Marriage
The finale to season three of Downton Abbey offers us a glimpse at a world before the last great transformation in…
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Cold Nights, Fiery Hearts
“Why are you reading a teenager book?” a friend of mine asked, bemused to see me with a copy of…
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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
The title of this article is also the title of a 2009 study by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. The…
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Ben Affleck and Why Marriage Matters
There was a lot of talk last week about the meaning and definition of marriage. Most of that chatter centered…
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THE DAILY SCENE
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Feds to Students: You Can’t Say That–Greg Lukianoff/WSJ
The Justice and Education departments issue…
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Why You’re Addicted to TV–Newsweek
The Revolution is being televised. Anyone who…
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Is Some Sex Wrong Even Among Consenting Adults?–The Atlantic
The question remains. Are some kinds…
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Is Sex Still Sexy?–Emily Esfahani Smith/The Atlantic
There’s something missing in today’s understanding of romance and eros.
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