I was twelve and my brother David ten, when our parents found out that Mom was expecting a “surprise.” Mom was certain it would be a girl because it was a very easy pregnancy and her expanded stomach was soft which her sister said was the certain sign of a girl. I was convinced...
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Senate Bill 385 is currently before the Illinois General Assembly. This bill directs the state to create a professional license for midwives to attend homebirths. Our current laws allow a woman to give birth at home, but make it illegal for midwives to attend those births. This essentially takes away a woman’s right to...
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Blogger DC Satirist at BigHeadDC.com wrote a humorous satirical “Washington Post” piece on a feminist attempt to ban men’s corporate bathrooms because they are (of course) a form of sexual harassment. The piece has National Organization for Women president Kim Gandy debating me on the issue, with neither of us looking too bright. DC...
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In a followup to the tragic car wreck story, the officials involved in letting this illegal alien murderer get back behind the wheel of a car are all scrambling to justify why they dropped the ball.
A Harris County prosecutor, criticized for negotiating in 2005 a reduced drunken driving penalty for a man now accused...
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The UK’s Sun newspaper have reported that a hormone patch called Intrinsa will be available on British shelves next week.
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The arrest of two women teachers on charges of having sex with their male students has brought cries of lingering racism in one of South Carolina’s most conservative counties and evoked some of the South’s oldest and deepest-seated racial taboos.
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More corrupt dealings from the Democrats:
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum’s ownership of two...
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Wal-Mart, the company that gives so many labor unions and “workers rights” folks stress-induced acne, anger hives and the runs, is tops among companies when it comes to charitable giving.
The company gave away $272 million last year, making it the largest corporate donor of charitable cash, but yet remains one of the biggest...
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John Walker / The Fresno Bee
California Gov. Schwarzenegger and law enforcement officials have stressed gang-prevention efforts.ÂÂÂ
My new co-authored column, “Anti-Gang Bills Miss Central Truth About Kids & Gangs” (Pasadena Star-News & Affiliated Papers, 3/25/07), discusses new research showing the positive impact involved noncustodial parents have on at-risk youth, and asserts that helping fathers back into their children’s...
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Former Sen. Fred Thompson is considering running for president; he has the strong conservative credentials the major Republican candidates are lacking. Many conservatives are urging Sen.Thompson to enter the fray, but James Dobson is not a supporter.  From USNews.Com:  “Focus on the Family founder James Dobson appeared to throw cold water on...
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Free trade may no longer be the winner of the past, but liberal prescriptions will only make the problem worse. The March 28, 2007, edition of the Wall Street Journal carries a front-page, feature article titled Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts. The article opens with the following paragraphs: For decades, Alan S....
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There is a lot of judge-bashing in the fathers’ rights movement, and while I think this criticism is excessive and overblown, some of it is certainly legitimate. I do try to be fair, however, and in between criticizing judges and their rulings, I think it is also important to point out when judges get...
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Hillary Clinton’s polling numbers are tumbling, but the real shocker is how poorly she is faring with the female electorate. According to the recent Rasmussen poll, 43% of women say they will not vote for Hillary. And the latest poll by John Zogby reported an almost identical number – 42% of women would not...
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Cecil B. DeMille has been called the best of the bad directors and the worst of the good directors. Extravaganzas like “The Ten Commandments†and “Samson and Delilah†are feasts for the eyes and wonderfully enjoyable even as they flaunt an overall cheesiness. His 1949 “Samson and Delilah†is notable for how, like the...
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This is a nice endorsement for Rudy.
Fiscal conservative Steve Forbes on Wednesday endorsed former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s bid to become the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 race for the White House.
Forbes, chief executive of Forbes magazine who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in 1996 and 2000, is considered a leader...
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Low-income men, often the absent fathers of welfare families, got little attention from the reforms because they are seldom on welfare themselves.
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Many women have no qualms about not telling the truth to their doctors and a whopping 52 percent say they give in to the temptation of what they feel is a harmless “little white lie.”
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I witnessed this horrific wreck on Sunday that killed two people.
Police said Ignacio Gomez-Gutierrez, 25, was speeding along the 22600 block of the Eastex Freeway about 3:40 p.m. Sunday when his pickup slammed into the back of a car.
Vanessa Ortiz, 18, and Maria Ortiz, 49, were in the 1998 Buick when it was struck...
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I don’t usually pre-release scripts for my radio spots on my own website, but this is an exception for obvious reasons….
RADIO SPOT SCRIPT FOR 3/30/07
A few weeks ago in a column, I threw out a hypothetical.
In war, the traditional way of gauging who is winning or not is, unfortunately, a count of battlefield casualties....
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Whilst Mugabe flew off to join his brother leaders of SADC, drama hit the streets of Harare today during the busy hours. Police armed to the teeth cordoned off a large section surrounding the MDC headquarters at Harvest House. Observers say that the area was sealed off preventing any traffic entering the area and...
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