Background: The Melinda Smith/Thomas Smith Los Angeles foster care outrage is one of the most egregious child welfare injustices I've ever seen. In my co-authored column, Choosing Foster Parents over Fathers (San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/11/07), I explained:
"In the heartbreaking Melinda Smith case, a father and daughter were needlessly separated by the foster care system...
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On the 50th anniversary of its publication, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s epic about a group of businessmen who rebel against a society that shackles and condemns them, is everywhere. Hardly a day goes by without a mention of the novel in the media or by some prominent celebrity or businessman as the most significant...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The Crips street gang in Wichita is the target of the first federal racketeering case ever filed in Kansas, US Attorney Eric Melgren and Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams announced Friday. Twenty-eight members of the Crips are charged in two indictments that are the result of a yearlong federal investigation...
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Background: The taxpayer-funded domestic violence industry vilifies men and promotes unfair and misleading stereotypes about domestic violence. One example is this amazing series of domestic violence public service ads from HomeFront, a Canadian domestic violence agency.
To learn more and to watch the ad "Restaurant," the other ad in the series, click here.
The ad "Boardroom" is...
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Television reporter Tina Stein (pictured) of WIFR in Rockford, Illinois did an excellent job on the child support piece below. The piece details the case of Ed Conley, an electrician who broke his leg, was out of work for three months, and who nearly went to jail for it. Conley's friends and relative came...
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Since when did it become a bad thing to call a phony a “phony?†Well, since Rush Limbaugh referred to a phony soldier as a “phony soldier†and the antiwar crowd thought it could make hay with it. The idea that Rush Limbaugh would denigrate U.S. troops on the air for millions to hear,...
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A British truck driver who sought to stop the documentary An Inconvenient Truth from “brainwashing†his children appears to have won a partial victory. Although the film will, indeed, be shown in 3,500 schools, teachers will be required to warn students that they’re only hearing one side’s questionable opinions on global warming. Stewart Dimmock...
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Next year’s presidential race may be characterized as the campaign of the cackle. You know what I’m talking about: that staged, shrill, joyless hoot emitted by Mrs. Clinton. Last month, she hit the Sunday morning talk show circuit. Appearing on five major programs gave her a chance to display her newly acquired funny bone....
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