Why Married Couples Stay Together
October 30, 2025
The state of marriage seems pretty good these days. The divorce rate is falling, and polls consistently find that married Americans are overwhelmingly satisfied with their relationships. A poll we conducted earlier this year found that roughly eight in ten said they were completely or very satisfied with their marriages. Only five percent report being Continue Reading →
Is America’s Religious Decline Responsible for Falling Birthrates?
October 16, 2025
Americans are having fewer children. A new government report found that the birth rate in the United States hit an all-time low in 2024. Whether this constitutes a crisis may depend on what you believe is causing it. Is it the inevitable result of expanding economic opportunities for women? Improved access to and education about birth control? Continue Reading →
How Do We Practice Politics the Right Way?
October 2, 2025
Social media and performative politics have turned debate into spectacle, eroding genuine dialogue and making common ground harder to find. Continue Reading →
How Social Media Made Us Less Social
April 3, 2025
Social media was meant to connect us, instead it has consumed us. Continue Reading →
The Gender Gap in Church is Growing
March 20, 2025
This past weekend I participated in a panel discussion focused on Generation Z, the gender divide, and the political ramifications of the growing divergence between young men and women. At one point, the moderator asked a question I had never considered: “Is the gender divide less evident among young Christians?” On its face, the question Continue Reading →
What’s Behind the Rapid Rise in LGBTQ Identity?
March 6, 2025
Since 2012, Gallup has tracked the size of America’s LGBTQ population. For the first few years, there was not much news to report. The percentage of Americans who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer was relatively low and inching up slowly year over year. Recently, the pace has sped up. Gallup’s newest report recorded the Continue Reading →
Is America Experiencing an Infidelity Epidemic?
February 20, 2025
When it comes to the state of romance and relationships, recent news has been somewhat disheartening. A recent poll we conducted on this topic revealed a considerable amount of dating pessimism. Perhaps even more concerning was how common young people believe infidelity has become. Young women are especially gloomy. Nearly six in ten young women (57 percent) Continue Reading →
How Bad is America’s Romantic Recession?
February 6, 2025
One of the benefits of writing a book about relationships, dating and gender dynamics is that lots of people have opinions about these topics and share them freely. I recently received an email from a woman in her 40s who has given up on dating and men. She gave me permission to share her email, Continue Reading →
Why So Many Working Class Americans Feel Left Out
January 23, 2025
This week I’m excited to publish a coauthored article written with Sam Pressler, author of Connective Tissue. Sam was a collaborator on our recent survey report, Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life. Sam is doing incredible work, and if you don’t already subscribe to his newsletter I’d highly recommend it! Earlier this week, Continue Reading →
“We’re So Back”
January 9, 2025
There are moments during an interview when you know you have just heard something important. This happened during a recent interview with a student at the University of Texas. My colleague, Kelsey, asked Brad* how he was feeling about the 2024 election results: “Among my peer group, there’s a saying, and the saying is, we’re Continue Reading →
Generation Uncoupled
Generation Uncoupled: America's New Gender Divide and the Crisis of Human Connection
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