A Reflection to Consider

This is a very thought-provoking piece, readers: No Fathers, No Hope ESSAY MAY 24, 2022 Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the author’s new book, No Apologies, released today by Regnery Publishing. “The inexpressible sadness which emanates from great cities,” says Gabriel Marcel in Homo Viator (1952), “a dismal sadness which belongs to everything…

How Men’s Brains React to Becoming Fathers

This is fascinating, readers. Check it out! First-time fathers' brains SHRINK by up to 2% after the birth of their baby - but it can actually help them connect with their child, study finds Previous studies show motherhood can change the structure of women's brains Researchers set out to see if this was also the…

“The Power of the Father”

One of the nicest – not the best, but the nicest – Disney films of the modern era was The Game Plan*. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the movie follows arrogant quarterback Joe Kingman through the adventure of discovering that he has a daughter whom he never met and never knew existed. In a series…

Why Science Fiction Lacks Mothers and Fathers – and Why This Trend Needs to Change

There was (and may still be) a series of articles going around the WordPress blogosphere that points to a lack in science fiction I have been aware of for some time. These articles began after Mother’s Day of this year, and they came to this author’s attention a couple of weeks ago. Several people, authors…