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Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

the temptations of social media - Doctors Without Boredom

All of us wrestle with how to use social media and Andrew Peterson has a thought-provoking post up about how and why he’s been using it less and less — but also why that’s not an easy decision: Okay, so […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

the temptations of social media - Doctors Without Boredom

All of us wrestle with how to use social media and Andrew Peterson has a thought-provoking post up about how and why he’s been using it less and less — but also why that’s not an easy decision: Okay, so […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyatomization

atomization, loneliness, and sex - Doctors Without Boredom

There has been much written about atomization and the rise of loneliness (and surely there is much more to write), but this essay by Andrea Mrozek is a good summation of the problem: The failure of the sexual revolution for […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyatomization

atomization, loneliness, and sex - Doctors Without Boredom

There has been much written about atomization and the rise of loneliness (and surely there is much more to write), but this essay by Andrea Mrozek is a good summation of the problem: The failure of the sexual revolution for […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

flourishing and paid family leave - Doctors Without Boredom

The Families Valued initiative of the Center for Public Justice has just released their new report on paid family leave, and I have some thoughts about it over on the main page. I think they make a pretty solid argument […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

flourishing and paid family leave - Doctors Without Boredom

The Families Valued initiative of the Center for Public Justice has just released their new report on paid family leave, and I have some thoughts about it over on the main page. I think they make a pretty solid argument […]

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Time to Flourish: On the Center for Public Justice's New Paid Family Leave Report - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The Center for Public Justice's new report on paid family leave is a valuable advocacy piece on an important issue, but lacks detail in key places.

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

desire like dynamite - Doctors Without Boredom

This op-ed from the New York Times about raising a child in a world facing environmental crisis is moving, even if you disagree with its premises: Living ethically means understanding that our actions have consequences, taking responsibility for how those […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

desire like dynamite - Doctors Without Boredom

This op-ed from the New York Times about raising a child in a world facing environmental crisis is moving, even if you disagree with its premises: Living ethically means understanding that our actions have consequences, taking responsibility for how those […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomicsEducation

poverty of imagination - Doctors Without Boredom

I mentioned my Comment review of Jamil Jivani’s debut book Why Young Men? before, and he’s done a follow-up interview with the associated Convivium: One of the things I explore in the book – which is a pretty defining part of […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomicsEducation

poverty of imagination - Doctors Without Boredom

I mentioned my Comment review of Jamil Jivani’s debut book Why Young Men? before, and he’s done a follow-up interview with the associated Convivium: One of the things I explore in the book – which is a pretty defining part of […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

"Let Me Stand" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a tremendous essay on one victim of the opioid crisis, as narrated by her brother: Several years ago, I felt convicted to ask Tricia for forgiveness. She was in jail at the time. By appearances, I was a […]