Learning from those who have to like you, even when they don't.

Valentine's Day is just the sleaziest little idea for a commemoration that anyone ever came up with.

51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse, the New York Times trumpeted last week. Is this something to celebrate, as the paper of record seemed to do? And more importantly, is it even true?

On Tuesday, January 16th, 2007, the American people awoke to startling and disturbing news: for the first time ever, the majority of women in the country were living without a husband.

In his book Love and Responsibility John Paul II reflects not simply on why contraception is immoral, but even more, on how contraception actually can destroy the love between a husband and wife in marriage.

There are enormous differences between being a "husband" or a "wife" and being a "partner," a "friend" or a "significant other".

I believe children have the right to a mother and a father, and preferably their biological parents. These words I agree with them, and so do the UN Conventions of the Child were once the equivalent of saying you believed in peace on Earth and goodwill toward men.

Holding hands, sharing an embrace or a kiss these can be innocent expressions of love. But without great vigilance and virtue, these outward expressions can easily become a form of utilitarianism that actually ends up driving two people farther apart from each other and preventing love from fully developing.

Twenty-five years ago today Lady Diana Spencer wed the Prince of Wales.

The battle for purity is ultimately fought deep in the recesses of the human heart.