Jonathan Haidt, the well-respected social psychologist, wrote an article in The Free Press titled “I’m Worried About the Boys, Too.” In it he admits, “I am extremely concerned about what is happening to girls, and to boys as well … But the struggles of boys have received far less attention.  I hope that is now…

As never before, we as a nation are being confronted by “the raging of the nations.”  There have been riots, violence, and protests in the past, but due to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, “the rage” has begun to dominate the news cycle daily. We have to ask, “Who actually rules the world…

In the coming days we will need to stand with fellow brothers in the Lord.  Denominational distinctions will become secondary.  Who will stand with us?  Paul exhorts us to stand firm:  “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes” (Eph. 6:11).  There are many Catholic…

“Situationships” is “slang for relationships of an undefined nature. They solve some animalistic need for intimacy or companionship with potentially zero strings attached,” writes Andrea Mew of the Independent Women’s Forum.  Mew calls our attention to the selling of Sweethearts candies traditionally sold for Valentine’s Day.  She informs us that the Sweethearts candies with their…

The journal Public Discourse celebrated its fifteenth anniversary by republishing an article by Mark Regnerus entitled “The Truth about Men, Women and Sex.”  In the article, Regnerus explains the fundamental differences between men and women, pertaining primarily to their differing sexualities.  The journal notes recent revelations about sexual harassment, assault, and abuse as underscoring the…

I have been reading a book on prayer by Fr. Donald Haggerty. In a chapter entitled “the desert of deeper prayer” he shares a quote from Saint Augustine.  “Give me a man in love: he knows what I mean, give me one who yearn; give me one who is hungry; give me one far away…

Trevin Wax is becoming one of my favorite younger spiritual writers.  He writes about men, many of whom seem lost and lonely in our culture.  His recent blog titled “To Be a Holy Man” caught my attention: “Many today seem to view masculinity as a problem rather than a gift,” he notes.  “How does it…

Owen Strachan, a research professor of theology at Grace Bible Theology Seminary, speaks boldly about our culture when he implies, “At basically every level, men are disappearing … for every one woman who drops out of college, seven men drop out.  Men have left the workforce in almost unprecedented numbers … men have disappeared from…

Aaron Renn wrote an op-ed recently in the Wall Street Journal wondering why men turn to online influencers instead of traditional institutions and authorities. He pointed out five ways this is taking place: Online influencers (OI’s) are men speaking to men, whereas many (if not most) mainstream figures writing on men’s issues are women; OI’s…

Both Cambridge and Merriam-Webster dictionaries have announced their Word of the Year for 2023.  Cambridge chose “hallucinate” while Merriam-Webster gave the nod to “authentic.”   Cambridge’s traditional definition of hallucinate has been “to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist.”  It now includes “when an artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinates, it produces…