James W. Lynch highlights the loss of purpose experienced by many in the medical field. Writing in Law & Liberty, Lynch argues that medical education fails to recognize students as humans seeking meaning. He cites examples like the impersonal transfer of information to patients, the abandonment of meaningful discussion, and the use of single-answer multiple-choice exam questions.

Bad Mom? Bad Wife?
The Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy for killing her three young children (recently declared a mistrial) became a litmus test for couples – with some publicly breaking off engagements due to disagreements over her culpability. Writing in The American Mind, Evie Solheim ponders the malign influence of social media on the marriage decision for younger generations. “When men and women treat existence as a zero-sum game, everyone loses,” she writes, pleading for greater understanding between the sexes. For more on marriage, see this C2C article.


