Romantic Love As Integration of Reason and Emotion Even more important than the legal reason I explained in Part 1 of this essay, there is a cognitive and romantic reason why the concept of marriage must refer only to a union of man and woman. And there is a way in which Ryan T. Anderson, […]
In his book, Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom, Ryan T. Anderson argues that, for the concept of ‘marriage’ properly understood, sex matters. That is, Anderson argues that marriage can be only between one man and one woman. In praising this book on its back cover, Princeton’s Robert P. George calls Anderson […]
Now that the presidential election and inauguration are past, and President Trump may be buying some time for civilization against the plague of postmodern Leftism, I am returning to a more contentious subject: sexual orientation. In the coming weeks, I will publish a three-part essay critiquing some traditional conservative ideas regarding sexual orientation. I will argue […]
(An edited and shortened version of this post appears on my Medium channel.) Since endorsing Ted Cruz for president in my previous post (and see also this good article by Craig Biddle endorsing Cruz), I have had interesting discussions with friends on Facebook regarding the religiosity of Cruz. Because we do not have the opportunity […]
In my post, The Saudi Threat to Cedar City and All of America, I wrote, in error: In [Southern Utah University] Provost [Bradley] Cook’s most recent academic article, “Democracy and Islam: Promises and Perils for the Arab Spring Protests,” Cook and co-author Michael Stathis characterize some Islamic governments with terms such as “corrupt regimes” and […]
This article by me appears this morning in The Federalist: How Choice And Emotion Can Influence Sexual Orientation Here is a passage from the article: If a person truly believes his own sexual orientation is good for him, then identifying his ideas and values consistent with his orientation can only bring him further good. In […]
Tomorrow, I will publish a post on the subject of marriage. Today, I celebrate Independence Day with this excerpt from a famous letter from John Adams to his wife, Abigail. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will […]
I was on the Don Smith Show, a radio show, last weekend to discuss the Bruce Jenner case and my book, Masculine Power, Feminine Beauty: The Volitional, Objective Basis for Heterosexuality in Romantic Love and Marriage. My interview begins around the 35-minute mark and runs about 15 minutes.
These questions regarding transgenderism are a challenge, especially to transgenderists, but not rhetorical. I would like to know the answers, but have not yet found answers. – What are the criteria for classifying a brain as male or female, or some combination of the two, at birth? – How does the sex of the brain […]
Finally, the mainstream media has screwed up the courage to plaster a cartoon of Muhammad everywhere. Oh wait, that’s a photo of Bruce Jenner. The mainstream media still has no understanding of courage. Not to pass up an opportunity to link to another cartoon of Muhammad, enjoy this one.