Dr. Christine B. Whelan is an author, professor and speaker. She and her husband, Peter, and their dictator cats, Chairman Meow and Evita Purron, live in Pittsburgh. Her book "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women" is available in stores or at the Halo Store.

	July 22nd, 2010 The Psychology of Obesity Dr Jason Halford tells MedicalNewsToday Anti-obesity drugs haven't successfully tackled the wider issues of obesity because they've been focused predominantly on ...
	July 20th, 2010 Ambition: Vice or Virtue? I'm fascinated with ambition--and people's reaction to other folks who want to succeed. Remember a few months back when Kate Gosselin was being criticized ...
	July 15th, 2010 Health v Morality: E-cigarettes If Joe the Camel cigarette ads were geared toward the guys, Camel's recent ads are targeted straight at teenage girls, say anti-smoking activists. I mean, they're pink, for heaven's sake. And a clear play ...
	July 13th, 2010 Commitment Strategies 101 Recently I blogged about myopic choice--and how, just like Wall Street traders, we're all pulled into making short-sighted decisions that compromise our future interests. ...
	July 8th, 2010 Myopic Choice and The Big Short I don't know a lot about finance. Indeed, my brain usually turns off when I hear about structured finance or BBB-rated bonds. But after the market crashed in 2007-8 because of ... well... bad things, ...
	June 27th, 2010 Is There a Masculinity Crisis in the Church? A discussion with the co-founder of The King's Men In the July/August issue of The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin asks if "The End of Men" is upon us. She argues women — with ...
	June 19th, 2010 Happy 100th Birthday, Father’s Day Man-bashing has become a sport.  And in recent weeks, one study even questioned whether fathers are necessary for raising kids at all.  So ...
	June 17th, 2010 Contagious Virtues… and Vices? We generally understand how a virus or flu spreads: I'm sick and I shake hands with you. Then, you touch your nose and... oops, now ...
	June 14th, 2010 Virtue/Vice Our Pure Sex, Pure Love columnist on her new blog Vice and sin are sexy. Character and virtue... not so much. But where's the line between them? What exactly is a virtue? Can it be taught? Are ...
	June 1st, 2010 Is Getting Married Later in Life a Problem? Some social scientists argue that it is Today, the median age of marriage is 26 for women and 28 for men. Is that too old? An increasingly vocal group of social commentators are ...
	May 17th, 2010 Conflict Over Hook-Up Culture What exactly is it? What is the perception of the frequency? What is the reality? What is a hook up? As a not-that-old, not-that-out-of-touch college professor who teaches classes on the sociology of marriage, family and gender, this is one of ...
	May 3rd, 2010 Our Readers on Reading the Coffee Grounds More on deciphering the meaning of who pays on dates If a woman insists on paying for her $3 coffee when she's on a first date with a guy, does that mean she's probably not ...
	April 19th, 2010 Reading the Coffee Grounds Women aren't the only ones wondering whether their date is really "into" them I recently received this note from long-time Pure Sex, Pure Love reader, Phil, a 26-year-old in Iowa. In a previous column, I'd suggested to ...
	April 5th, 2010 Converting for Love A reader asks whether she should become Catholic for her boyfriend A few weeks back, a reader wrote in with a powerful question: She had been drawn to the Catholic Church because of her boyfriend. Should ...
	March 22nd, 2010 Working Women A new social history says that the women were given the burden for making 20th century marriages work. Whose responsibility is it today? If I told you that "relationships take work," you'd roll your eyes. That's so obvious to all of us in 2010 that it barely counts ...
	March 8th, 2010 Love Advice in 59 Seconds Shattering some age-old myths in under a minute If you scanned the bookshelves in my office, you'd think I have a lot of problems: I've got books on how to find a date, ...
	February 22nd, 2010 A Little Bit Married Sparks Discussion On its 5th anniversary, Christine Whelan discusses the purpose of Pure Sex, Pure Love Two weeks ago I wrote a column based on the book A Little Bit Married, a guide for couples in long-term relationships. In it, ...
	December 31st, 2009 He Saved A Billion Lives… And You Probably Don't Know His Name Quick — can you give me the latest on the divorce drama between Jon & Kate Gosselin? Or why Paula Abdul isn't going to be ...
	December 28th, 2009 New Years and Still Single? You're not alone. Some strategies and ideas for change. A new CatholicMatch.com poll has given us some data to prove what we already know: The holidays are a tough time to be ...
	December 20th, 2009 Busted Halo Readers Make a Difference! We asked... and you came through Wow, you guys are amazing!! With the outpouring of support from Busted Halo readers earlier this month, on December 16 we found out that ...