Opinion

More teens are choosing to remain abstinent, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 1991, the percentage of high school students overall who report that they have ever had sex, has dropped by roughly 15 percent. Valerie Huber, president of Ascend (formally known as the National Abstinence Education…

Recently at Forbes, John Farrell published an odd critique of an essay of mine that ran at First Things. The essay is an excerpt from my new book, “Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom.” In the book, I argue on the basis of philosophy, social science and public policy that the judicial redefinition…

Congress is once again debating a big-government, tax-and-spend bill that fails to fix a problem that's plagued the federal government for a decade. It's the Senate's version of the highway bill, and this week, lawmakers will vote on the 1,030-page, six-year deal in a misguided attempt to finance new highway and transit spending. American taxpayers…

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program has many problems. For starters, it will run out of money next year, which could mean 20-percent benefit cuts. The program also suffers from excessive wait times, complicated rules and procedures, inconsistent decisions, deficient rehabilitation services and insufficient protections against fraud. Introducing an optional, private disability insurance component…

The data on the abortion rate in the United States for 2014 has not been updated since 2011. And that is just the beginning of the problems with American abortion data. The paucity and poor quality of data on abortion in our country are worthy of note in and of themselves. While the better-known aphorism…

It turns out the Iran nuke deal is a lot like the guy or gal you spy across the room at a dimly lit party who from afar seems quite alluring—that is, until you get closer and realize the object of your affection isn’t what you had hoped for. Not by a long stretch. For…

Over the past several days, the Obama administration has been working hard to persuade Congress and the American people that the recently negotiated deal with Iran ought to be approved—or there will be a war in the Middle East. The president has said himself that: There really are only two alternatives here:  Either the issue…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio backed away from his controversial plan to restrict the growth of ridesharing companies in the Big Apple. The mayor blamed innovative new companies like Uber and Via for worsening traffic congestion in the heart of Manhattan. He proposed a one percent cap on growth for companies with more…