History matters. Sober and sophisticated historical research can make a difference in the world. I am proud to live in a nation that now,...

“Isn’t the weather beautiful?” I was standing outside my child’s elementary school, making small talk with other parents at pick-up time....

“Having sex on your period is absolutely safe,” reassures OB-GYN and talk-show regular Dr. Laura Berman. Like most sex experts in the...

“Cherish every moment!  It goes by so fast.” A well-meaning stranger admired my teeny tiny 3-week-old son, as we searched for baby wipes...

One of the most popular ads at the Superbowl this year was “Like a Girl.” Respected documentary director Lauren Greenfield asked a series...

“You have multiple sclerosis? My cousin cured her MS with a gluten-free diet and qi gong — you should really try it!” Since I was...

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What would you do if you desperately wanted to have a baby, and your spouse had HIV? In the mid-1990s, the introduction of...

Recently, a Canadian fertility clinic made the news because it refused to allow a white client to be impregnated with sperm from a donor...

When I was little, I copied my dad and took off my shirt on hot summer days. He would be doing yard work, and I would be running around...

The dentist peered in my child’s mouth, then turned to me. “Hey, Mom, you did a good job, no cavities!” I brought my kids for a check-up...

Appeals court judges who have daughters are more likely to make liberal or “feminist” decisions in gender-related cases than are judges...

In All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting, Jennifer Senior asks why American middle-class parents so often find parenting...

When I criticized Hobby Lobby for its attempts to evade the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, a friend of mine thoughtfully replied,...

As we wait for the Supreme Court to render a decision on the Hobby Lobby contraception coverage case, I have been pondering the...

On Friday, April 4, sportscasters Boomer and Carton apologized for their remarks criticizing baseball player Daniel Murphy’s decision to...

Yesterday, Momsrising.org and others excoriated sportscasters Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton for obnoxiously opining that baseball...

Miscarriage rarely makes the news, except in tabloids. But last year, Virginia state Senator Mark Obenshain’s ill-advised attempt to...