Maggie Gallagher

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Same-sex marriage is not the future.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.