The idea that the American left is engaged in a war against the family has always struck me as an exaggeration. The claim might be good for direct-mail fundraising and talk-radio ratings. But I have enough friends with left-wing politics and lovely families to find the accusation of a war on family to be, frankly, at least a touch paranoid.
Alas, the events of the past week have caused me to reconsider.
So begins my column this week. Please check it out at the New York Sun (here), Reason (here), and Newsmax (here).