Background: I've made the point many times that many "deadbeat dads" aren't "deadbeats" voluntarily--they're been turned into deadbeats by the system. To learn more, see my co-authored column When Beating up on 'Deadbeat Dads' is Unfair (Houston Chronicle, 1/7/07).
According to the Ohio WKYC News story System Overload: Father pays child support, still jailed (5/15/07),...
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This week, the NCHS announced that divorce rates are the lowest since 1970. Marriage is down, and shacking-up is on the rise. But the federal government forgot to mention the biggie – the “missing link†— the one statistic proving that Republican “welfare reform†is a complete disaster: Illegitimacy is now at new historic...
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The corpulent corpse of Jerry Falwell, found on the floor of his office, is symbolic of the state of the religious right.  Many pundits, reporters and bloggers referred to the “untimely death” of the preacher from Lynchburg, VA. Falwell was 73, he had a history of heart problems and he weighed over 300...
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Let me preface this by saying I’ve been an off-and-on customer since their second year of existence in 1995. Going back to cable television after DirecTV is like going from DSL back to dial-up. That being said, DirecTV is a superior product, that is, when you can get it.
I’ve given up on...
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The lamestream media told you: “Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative was elected president of France on Sunday,” the AP reports on page ones across the country. “There were few reports of unrest, despite fears that the impoverished suburban housing projects, home to African and Arab immigrants and their French-born children would...
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The lamestream media told you: “Efforts to tighten the gun-show law die perennially in Virginia’s Republican-run pro-gun general Assembly,” writes Bob Lewis for the Associated Press, in a story with a familiar pretense of neutrality. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: Efforts to restrict people’s liberty and impose government sanctions on free-market gun shows...
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We’ve been through this before, but know-what’s-best-for-you progressives just won’t let it go.
The “Center for Science in the Public Interest” led by your typical dishevled looking liberal, Michael Jacobson, is suing Burger King because the food they serve contains the deadly trans fats.
“WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By using partially hydrogenated oil, Burger...
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Looks like Republicans have caved and joined with Democrats to approve the acquisition of the U.S. to Mexico.
Key senators in both parties announced agreement with the White House Thursday on an immigration overhaul that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and fortify the border.
Of course, they...
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Background: In my April column "Texas bill to create domestic violence offender registry will harm innocent men" (Austin American-Statesman, 4/11/07), I explained that Texas HB 3958 will ensnare and punish many innocent men. This is in part because of the problems with the way Texas law enforcement and the judicial system handle domestic violence. The...
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One of the many problems the fatherhood movement has is its fairly widespread distaste for professionalism. Somehow it's seen as dirty if a fathers' or shared parenting group tries to raise money for its activism. Some groups even (gasp) charge a membership fee. God forbid fathers should contribute and help finance the people and groups...
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Yesterday, Michelle Malkin posted a video on the Knoxville Horror, about the carjacking-kidnapping-robbery-gang rape-sodomy-murder of Channon Christian, 21, and her boyfriend, Christopher Newsom, 23, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Letalvis Cobbins, 24, his brother Lemaricus Davidson, 25, George Thomas, 24, and Cobbins’ girlfriend, Vanessa Coleman, 18, have been charged with murder, rape (anal, in Newsom’s case;...
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Each summer, bright and enthusiastic undergraduate and law students from around the country participate in FIREÂ’s Internship Program. These interns assist with crucial aspects of FIREÂ’s work and also enjoy educational programs, including presentations from FIRE staff members and associates. Yet students often say that their favorite part of the program is building relationships...
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The Lord “defends the cause of the fatherless.†Deuteronomy 10:18
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Al Gore’s written a new book entitled The Assault on Reason.
When I first read that title, I wasn’t sure whether it was an autobiography or that was just describing the contents.
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This post will be a bit of a departure from the day-to-day political circus on which I usually comment, but I ran across an article about a team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania who made a discovery that should be of interest to all of us with hair that is thinning faster...
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Originally published in the “Atlanta Journal-Constitution†as a response to an essay entitled “My relatives will choose my husband.†Anum Ghazipura’s thoughtful essay describing and defending the practice of arranged marriages reminded me of what I heard from a young Muslim woman many years ago who had married through this system. “I always thought...
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Most of us will publicly lament our immigration woes, but not without a disclaimer. “Look, I have no problem with immigration,†say we, “I just want people to come here legally.â€Â This, after all, is supposed to be the sober, sane, American point of view, as we “know†that immigration is the lifeblood of...
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The use of websites to inform and educate the public about specific cases involving false confessions has been a very effective means of advocacy. Some of the best websites out there include www.martytankleff.org and www.norfolkfour.com and www.wm3.org These websites are...
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