Sen. Sam Brownback’s (R-KS) ammendments to protect viewers and especially children from indecency and excessive violence on TV have died in a senate subcommittee. However, another senate committee is addresssing this important issue. The Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S.1780) unanimously passed the Senate Commerce Committee last week.  S. 1780 is critical to restoring the Broadcast...
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Not that the writing wasn’t on the wall: From my May 2000 archives, eight months before Bush took the oath of office.ÂÂ
If one’s works do not within reason match one’s faith, the Good Book says, then that man’s faith is vain. After all, one can take a masquerade only so far, and no...
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This week a study came out that shows how unilateral divorce laws make divorce more frequent. The empirical research shows what any sensible person would already guess — easy divorce laws make for more divorces. This is only magnified by the fact the divorcing party usually has great incentives to divorce and few incentives...
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One of the highlights of Boys and the Boy Crisis, the recent Third National Men’s Equality Congress, was a talk by conference organizer Tom Golden, LCSW, about boys' physiology. Golden explained in medical terms why boys are surging with the need to be physical, run, jump, etc., around between ages 4 to 6--just at the time...
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If you have been following my investment advice closely, you can probably guess that I don’t favor stock-picking as the best way to meet your financial goals. But even if you favor index funds, as I do, that doesn’t mean you have to use them exclusively. You have probably heard the statistic that most...
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Mitt Romney thinks that Hillary Clinton needs a lesson in economics:
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took aim at Democratic rivals on Sunday, calling them all unprepared to lead the country and comparing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s economic plan to that of Socialist Karl Marx.
“It would be helpful to have a person leading the country...
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When it comes to the inhumane treatment of animals, the charges can sometimes be a bit silly. For instance, Al Gore was recently castigated by the Humane Society International for serving Chilean sea bass, one of the world’s most threatened fish species, at his daughter’s wedding. You know what? I believe I can find...
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Today, Fathers 4 Justice and the National Coalition of Free Men, Los Angeles sponsored their third in a series of picnic/rallies in the Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Park. A group of dedicated members assembled in the very welcome, surprisingly mild heat to assemble tents and tables, roast hot dogs and hamburgers, and answer questions from a...
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One of the best articles I've ever seen on paternity fraud is Ronald K. Henry's The Innocent Third Party: Victims of Paternity Fraud (Family Law Quarterly, Summer 2006). Recently I learned that earlier this year the article was included in GPSolo magazine's “Best of ABA Sections,†a compilation of some of the best magazine, journal,...
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Left wing churches ignore the law, engage in the equivalent of judicial activism. The Wall Street Journal, in its July 20, 2007, edition printed an article based on a Time Magazine story in the July 30 edition. The first two paragraphs are the following: Sanctuary Drive Could Bolster Religious Left TIME — JULY 30...
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“A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, caused by a fluid buildup in his skull, French researchers reported on Thursday. Scans of the 44-year-old man’s brain showed that a huge fluid-filled chamber called a ventricle took up most of the room in his skull,...
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Like many American parents, I've seen/endured all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. (My humble, untrained opinion is that the first was good, the second one poor, the third one marginal). I'm accustomed to the standard in TV and movies that we can kill lots and lots of people and it's OK, as long as...
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By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. Click HERE to contact Attorney Del Gallo. BerkshireFatherhood.com 413-445-6789 July 22, 2007 This is the third part of a series of stories I am writing on how current child support laws violate basic biblical principles. Today we examine the biblical principle that states one must be fair to...
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Yes, there is a humor god, and he works for Esquire magazine.
Here’s the cover of the August issue:
Here’s the entire cover.
Pink Sapphire is so damn proud right now.
(h/t to MichaelsComments and HotAir)
Note: My entire blog is at DougPowers.com
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Pratibha Patil has just been “elected†President of India by votes cast by national lawmakers and state legislators. Patil, was hand-picked by Congressional Parliamentary leader Sonia Ghandi, a powerful feminist who rode into power on the back of Nehru-Ghandi family, and who has been the woman jiggling knobs behind the curtain of the Prime...
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According to the Washington Post, 10% percent of 10-year-old American boys are on Ritalin or similar drugs. From my experience as a teacher I can tell you that there are some kids for whom the drugs are useful--I've seen it firsthand. On the other hand, for most boys it is useless and counterproductive. The...
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“There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top. The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape. The cleavage registered...
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Young Earth Creationist Menachem “Michael” Korn, suspected of sending death threats to various biology faculty and others at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is apparently missing or on the lam. Although the police said they will not name the individual in question until the person is arrested, previous reports and comments by faculty...
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The Beatles song “All you need is love” has been licensed by Procter & Gamble for use in a new Luvs diaper commercial.
Some fans are taking it the wrong way:
Among the objections is that the idealistic song, popular in the counterculture “Summer of Love” era and among Vietnam War opponents, is being used at...
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Recently, in my capacity as Community Editor of The Caribbean Star, I reported on a fashion show. The holders of the show helpfully sent me some photographs taken at the event. Two were of women modeling clothes. One was of a male and a female model on the runway together. Both were very attractive...
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