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Many years ago, when the newspaper I was editor of had just been one of the first to run a same-sex wedding announcement, I got a phone call from a woman who said she worked for New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Anna Quindlen. Her boss wanted to know more about how we'd come to do that, in part because, I gathered, she wanted the Times to start running those announcements, too.

I said something snarky about how Times wedding announcements are no reflection on society, because they only care about the unions of rich people. Or people named Kennedy and Cuomo. I never heard from them again.

— How love and marriage are changing — according to 63,000 New York Times wedding announcements — Todd Schneider | Vox

"The New York Times weddings section is renowned for its obsession with status, providing a window into what the world's most self-important people deem to be important. ...

" ... The latest data shows that:

" • The modern announcements focus less on debutante culture and more on people of diverse religious backgrounds.

" • The average age of the people in wedding announcements is increasing.

" • Technology plays a more prominent role: Many couples now meet online, and tech companies account for an increasing percentage of employers. ..."

Family emphasis fuels Utah's economic success — Derek Monson and W. Bradford Wilcox |For The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... Marriage matters, we think, because it often facilitates income pooling and motivates men to work harder, more strategically and more successfully to support their families. Marriage also seems to matter because children in married homes are more likely to acquire human capital — the skills, habits and values conducive to their success in school and, later in life, in the workplace. ..."

— The "decline" of marriage isn't a problem — Matthew Yglesias | Vox

" ... passing a law saying every poor unmarried adult is going to get flogged on Valentine's Day would almost certainly reduce poverty. What it wouldn't do is actually make people better off. What would happen is some single people would be flogged (bad) and some newly married people would be unhappy in their relationships (also bad). ..."

Mom and Dad's basement looking pretty good right now — Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post

" ... Take a two-earner couple who worked every year of their adult lives, with both spouses receiving the average wage until retiring at 65 last year. For every $1 that they paid into the Medicare system, they will receive $3 back in benefits, according to estimates from the Urban Institute.

"Guess who has to pay the difference? Yup. Their good-for-nothin', basement-dwelling, parasitic boomerang kids.

"In this light, the return home of young adults should be seen less as an act of morally bankrupt mooching and more as a step toward balancing the intergenerational ledger."

I march in Pride Parade because I love unconditionally — Erika Munson | Mormons Building Bridges | For The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... Unconditional love is no threat to doctrine. I believe it is the doctrine. It is the fuel with which the Christian engine runs. ..."

— Loathsome Phrase of the Day: "Start a Family" | Bill O'Sullivan | The Washingtonian

" ... What this euphemism means is get pregnant—or try to get pregnant, or have a baby, or adopt. So say that. Start a family devalues any couple who doesn't happen to have kids, for whatever reason. It even sells single people short, who may not have children but do have "chosen" families of friends—not to mention families of origin (the ready-made kind, no assembly required). ..."