Comte and Durkheim thought that society’s basic unit was not the individual, but the family – a small group. There is plenty of evidence for their assertion, and […]

It’s like a knife in my gut. Four hundred and sixty four credit hours after I first started a decade ago, I will finally obtain my undergraduate degree. […]

“They will be attracted to you, but it is not love,” said the headmistress. The class of young girls, just across the cusp of puberty, still uncomfortable with […]

Jim Hines is a fantasy author, with three hilarious goblin books out and one with kick-ass princesses (with more on the way). In real life, though, Jim spent […]

This time of year – even moreso than Thanksgiving – has people talking about and thinking about "family". In my experience (both personally and talking to others), family […]