Women's eNews, formerly affiliated with the National Organization for Women, has an interesting article Big Law Firms Waive Fees for Women's Legal Needs Run Date (06/08/07) which details the efforts major law firms make to provide pro bono legal assistance to women.
It's nice that these law firms are donating their time to help women,...
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The origins of Save Indian Family (SIF) movement can be traced back to the year 2000, with a few men writing about the injustice they were facing due to the misuse of anti-dowry laws (like IPC Section 498A and Dowry Prohibition Act) by their estranged wives. Soon, many more “victims†of anti-dowry laws followed...
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Over the last few decades we were told women are strong. We were told women can do anything a man can do. We are told to this day that women deserve equality in pay and respect. We are told women should be allowed in combat roles (although most women believe a...
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Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund reached a settlement with Pleasanton School District whereby the school district will grant official recognition to a Christian student group previously denied equal access to privileges offered to other student groups on campus.
“Christian students should not be treated as second-class citizens on campus,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel...
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On numerous occasions I've discussed the widespread problem of men being hit with default paternity judgments and being forced to pay 18 years of child support for children who are not theirs. In my co-authored column New American Bar Association Article Points to Crisis in False Paternity Judgments (Baltimore Sun, 8/20/06) I wrote:
"Child support...
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Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and friends may be surprised at what has become of Philadelphia. In a 16 to 1 vote last Thursday, the City Council decided to eject the Boy Scouts from a headquarters building they’ve been using since 1928 and on which they had a contract “in perpetuity.”The issue?...
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I turned on FOX News this morning to hear that a Sheriff’s car was waiting outside Paris Hilton’s Hollywood hill’s mansion to make sure she got back to court today.  This, after Paris spent the night out of jail in obviously, ”more comfortable accommodations.” On the subsequent video feed, I saw at least two black and whites...
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In my January blog post My Eight Year-Old Daughter Worries Over Her Friends' Parents' Divorces I noted that many of my daughter's friends' parents have broken up, and it is making my daughter nervous. I should coin a term for this--"Child Peer Divorce Fear Syndrome" or something.
My daughter is a very happy child, but sometimes...
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Every country goes through changes. However, stable countries are able to maintain their basic culture, identity, language, and heritage throughout the various gradations of societal evolution. Hence, through major wars, minor conflicts, turmoil, depression, and dissension, America, for the most part, has been able to maintain the fundamental underpinnings that made our country unique....
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Did I just say that?
Hey, credit where credit is due. Moore’s new movie “Sicko,” which is about his position that we need to socialize the medical and pharmaceutical industries in America, elicits a chuckle because I get a kick out of really fat slobby guys preaching to us about our health care. Other than...
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During the last few months, many people have jokingly, and not so jokingly, suggested I run for President of the United States. I’ve politely blown them off. As I believe I am a sane person, I see very little upside to the atmosphere that is Washington D.C.
I was going to write extensively about...
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From the NewsAdvance.Com: “Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, recently sent a letter to City Council members asking them to support naming the city portion of U.S. 460 ‘Jerry Falwell Parkway.’ Newman said that on one side of the highway is Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University – and on the other is Falwell’s...
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Observant critics of the illegal immigration plague sweeping across the United States point out the irony that, while those sneaking across the boarder often have no desire to acclimate to the culture into which they are intruding, they have little problem accepting American money. However, if a policy implemented by one business catches on...
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Author’s note: Inspired by Studs Terkel’s “Working†(although I’m not suggesting I have his talent) and fascinated by work as a disabled person excluded from most jobs by my impairments, I have decided to occasionally give this column space to people discussing their work and am inaugurating a feature I will call On The...
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