I've detailed in numerous columns and blog posts the myriad problems with the domestic violence system. This week we have a chance to have an impact on the way California family courts and law enforcement handle domestic violence. California's laws and policies have a tremendous impact on other states, and the OJ Simpson case...
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Atheists, agnostics, and those simply unchurched perceive God in a very different way from Christians. Sunday’s sermon at the Black Rock-Long Ridge Congregational Church (North Stamford, Connecticut) was delivered by Rev. Dan McCandless. His text was Matthew, Chapter 6. The picture Jesus gives us of God and His relationship with us is far removed...
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Background: On numerous occasions over the past year I have condemned the June, 2006 actions of Darren Mack. Mack is a wealthy Nevada father who was involved in a divorce when he stabbed his estranged wife to death and then executed a well-planned murder attempt on a Nevada judge.
Mack shot and wounded the judge but...
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Most people want to honor their debt. But many families have allowed their debt to spiral out of control, and they feel helpless, ashamed, and at a loss to know what to do. While bankruptcy isn’t anyone’s first choice, sometimes it is an important choice to consider. As strange as it may sound, bankruptcy...
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The horrendous murder of Jessie Davis, a pregnant 26-year-old mother, allegedly by her boyfriend, Bobby Cutts, Jr., has already begun triggering renewed publicity about the "fatal fathers/maternal homicide crisis" myth. For example, Day Gardner, President of National Black Pro-Life Union, just released a statement warning, "We are seeing more and more of this type...
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“Pets are too often the silent victims of domestic violence. They cannot fight back, and they are presently afforded no protection under our current legal system.â€Â--Connecticut Governor Rell
Like most states, Connecticut does little to help protect male victims of domestic violence, even though studies show men comprise a significant minority of domestic violence...
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There was an article in the UK’s Sunday Times about possible presidential candidate Fred Thompson’s past as a ladies man.
It sure is nice to read about a politician whose reminiscence of past dealings with women brings a tear to his eye for reasons other than mace flashbacks. Not only does Thompson seem to like...
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Like some shambling undead Thing from a horror movie, the amnesty bill we all thought buried with a stake in its heart has been resurrected. Once again, it’s headed for the Senate floor to wreak havoc. But this is the kind of summer sequel most people don’t want to see. Neither Democrats nor Republicans in...
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What could more of an outrage than to force a man to pay for his child’s graduate degree in Women’s Studies?
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The Poem I Didn’t Think I Could Write: A Man and Alfred Hitchcock By Denise Noe In a review of Donald Spoto’s biography of Alfred Hitchcock, The Dark Side of Genius, I read for the first time of an incident that I found deeply troubling. The brilliant director bet a property man a week’s...
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Afrikaans has been denigrated in recent years as the language of apartheid but that does the language less than good service. In fact Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa as a first language by more people than any other language and is a marvelous means of describing exactly what you want to say. I...
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