Vol. 15, No. 21
February 15, 2010
Cover Story
The New Dating Game
Thousands of years of human mating rituals are vanishing. Cro-Magnons are once again dragging their mates into their caves by the hair—and the women love every minute of it.
By Charlotte Allen
Also in This Issue
- Obama Politicizes Intelligence (and College Football) — Stephen F. Hayes, Jeffrey H. Anderson
This issue featured Charlotte Allen's provocative cover story examining contemporary dating culture and the resurgence of primal mating behaviors in modern relationships. The cover story suggested that traditional courtship rituals were being abandoned in favor of more aggressive, caveman-like approaches that surprisingly appealed to women. The issue also included analysis by Stephen F. Hayes and Jeffrey H. Anderson on President Obama's politicization of intelligence matters and college football, reflecting the magazine's focus on both cultural commentary and political critique.