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  Why Conservatives Should Root for Taylor Swift

  by Joshua L. Sohn Taylor Swift is married—perhaps you’ve heard? She’s always been a mirror for others to project their hopes and visions, and her latest era is no different. As a country music ingenue in her early years, she was sometimes assumed to be conservative. As a New York-based pop star in the mid-2010’s, she was lionized as a paragon of girlboss liberalism.

  
• IInstitute for Family Studies Blog2026-10-14✓ Read

  Rethinking Eldercare: Why We Need Family More Than Ever

  by Autumn Zeoli Independence is at an all-time high; at least, that’s what most of us think. Technological and medical advancements allow us to live longer and with a greater sense of autonomy than ever before. At the same time, we are facing a serious demographic reality: America is getting older. The median age of Americans now sits at 39.4 years. Known as population aging, this trend, combined with plummeting marriage rates, the sex recession, and declining fertility, spells out a daunting fate.

  

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