Archives of Kyle Cupp
Opponents of contraception face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, not the least of which is their position’s antagonism toward today’s common sense view of sexual morality. Opposition toward contraception is not common; acceptance of it as...
There’s always a danger of reading too much into a vague statement some politician makes, especially when the statement is presented without context, so I want to tread carefully when examining the following quote...
This is a fair question to ask given the the increased control and freedom of choice contraceptives have provided women. It’s also a question that has been implicitly raised in the debates about the...
Comedy of manners virtuoso Whit Stillman has a new feature film coming to theaters: Damsels in Distress. If the trailer below is any indication, his first film since 1998’s The Last Days of Disco...
A mighty host of my coreligionists, ever on guard against looming criticisms threats to their faith, have for many years taken arms against academia’s latest culture-deteriorating enemies of truth: the postmodernists and deconstructionists. To...
Not quite a few years ago, in a room as dark as the night sky, my wife and I held our newborn daughter close to our hearts as her heartbeat slowed and she breathed...
I detest the culture wars. I really do. My disposition toward cultural and societal difference is typically to cheer the dialogue and cherish the multitude of differing voices as we try to figure out...
Kevin Drum captures what I take to be the thinking of the Obama administration regarding conscience protections in the HHS mandate: “Americans don’t have any problem with contraception. American Catholics don’t have any problem...
There’s a joke out there that the Obama administration has been able to do what the pope could never dream of doing: bringing almost all the U.S. bishops into agreement. As of now, 169...
Tod Kelly makes elitist art snobbery look good. I’m something of a snob myself when it comes to the arts, and so it should come as no surprise that I agree with his case...
