Men with high school diplomas have seen their hourly wages fall by 20% since 1979 (women’s have risen).
Women now make up nearly 60% of those receiving a college degree. The percentage is expected to increase.
At all levels of primary and secondary education, teachers are disproportionately female, more than ever before. Male students do worse than female students, more than ever before.
The Great Recession has hurt male employment much worse than female employment. Men are disproportionately dropping out of the workforce and going on disability.
Illegitimacy rates among blacks, hispanics, and whites are at an all time high, in large part because men are checking out of marriage in large numbers and because the number of men who are unmarriageable has increased.
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Elder Christofferson preached Sunday that the aim of the gospel is to draw down “perfect justice and infinite mercy” from heaven. The phrase stuck with me. Perfect justice and infinite mercy. (more…)

The gospel comes to us like a tangled skein. When you shake it out, it resolves not into a single thread, but into an intricate web of great beauty. (more…)

… was an era inhabited only by the prudish, the naive, and the repressed, needs a good dose of Lileks:    (more…)

Yes! Gals should wear protest pants to church. (more…)

I can’t vouch for the quality of it, but apparently there is a body of evidence that families with sons are less likely to divorce. (more…)

This essay by an Episcopalian (!) is a must read. Its too rich and touches too many themes to summarize. Read it.

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According to a new study.

So why does Hollywood keep packing their movies with it?

This sounds like a bad parody of Jack Weyland, but it seems to be for real. (more…)