The myth of the "deadbeat dad" is pervasive in our society--in some circles, "divorced dad" or "noncustodial dad" are practically synonymous with "deadbeat dad." One malignant outgrowth of this can be seen when divorced fathers try to install financial responsibility in their children by linking school performance or behavior to money provided for cars...
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You may not know Joseph Merlino, but he knows about you and what makes you function. He knows what turns you on and he knows whether it is a problem for you. Merlino, who is the psychiatry adviser to the New York Daily News, is one of the more accomplished psychiatrists in his field...
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The President of Oral Roberts University, Richard Roberts, is accused making of illegal donations to Tulsa County Commissioner Randi Miller, a Republican candidate, in her race for Tulsa mayor and lavish spending for Roberts’ wife Lindsay Roberts. In addition, university staff worried that “Roberts risked the non-profit status of the university by insisting” students...
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According to recent investigations by the Associated Press and and Congressional investigations, the United States federal government is not properly handling serious biohazards such as Ebola in labs. Since the World Trade Center attacks the United States has increased by a factor of over 40 the funding for research related to potential biological weapons...
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Police in New York are searching for three teenagers accused of setting a homeless man in New York City on fire yesterday. Felix Najera was bedded down outside the Iglesia Christiana Betania on East 103rd Street in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. Reports indicate that the teenagers threw a gasoline-soaked towel on the...
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Sam’s Club warehouse stores across the United States are recalling a brand of ground beef patties made by Cargill Inc., following reports that four children who ate the patties became sick with E. coli. Consumers who bought the patties after August 26, 2007 are asked to either return them to the store they bought...
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Sam’s Club warehouse stores across the United States are recalling a brand of ground beef patties made by Cargill Inc., following reports that four children who ate the patties became sick with E. coli. Consumers who bought the patties after August 26, 2007 are asked to either return them to the store they bought...
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Scientists have announced that the largest radio telescope array in the world, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is to be built in either Africa or Australia and will be composed of thousands of antenna arrays that will be capable of detecting the first galaxies and stars formed in our universe. The control center for...
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On Friday morning, United States President George W. Bush defended interrogation tactics used by the CIA, stating that “This government does not torture people.” Bush’s comments were a response to an article in Thursday’s New York Times describing a classified 2005 Justice Department legal opinion that endorsed the use of painful physical and psychological...
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The leader of an important rebel group in the Darfur region of Sudan has threatened to withdraw from scheduled peace talks if more than two other rebel groups are invited to the talks. Khalil Ibrahim,leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), said that only the JEM, the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM), and the...
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According to reports, American biologist Craig Venter is going to announce that he has created the first ever “artificial life form” on earth at the J. Craig Venter Institute, a U.S. laboratory and research center, using synthetic chromosomes made from chemicals. The Guardian Unlimited reports that Venter may announce the historical discovery on Monday,...
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According to reports, American biologist Craig Venter is going to announce that he has created the first ever “artificial life form” on earth at the J. Craig Venter Institute, a U.S. laboratory and research center, using synthetic chromosomes made from chemicals. The Guardian Unlimited reports that Venter may announce the historical discovery on Monday,...
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In my blog post Naomi Margaret Mitchison, Scottish Novelist and Poet, on Her Father, I quoted Mitchison's reminiscences of her father and how safe and loved she felt while "curled up on his lap." I wrote:
"I think all of us hope our daughters will have the same type of memories of us."
A feminist reader with...
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This blog will appear on a men’s website so the title may not seem appropriate. However, since I’ve been accused of seeking “choice for women, responsibility for men†and of “making excuses†for women who act badly as mothers, I thought I’d share some thoughts specifically for women on how to do their best...
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"Alexandra 'Alex' Scott was 4 years old in 2000 when she was diagnosed with cancer. Looking for a way to help her doctors help her, the little girl set up a lemonade stand on her front lawn with her older brother Patrick.
"Every weekend she would open it for business, telling her customers that every...
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Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational ministry committed to helping take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. The organization cooperates with millions of Christians from churches of many denominations and hundreds of other Christian organizations around the world to help Christians grow in their faith and share the Gospel message with...
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"Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding onto his ear...All about him was safe."--Naomi Margaret Mitchison, Scottish Novelist and Poet
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