The drawing above was taken from Kara Bishop's www.postcardsfromsplitsville.com. Bishop works with Children of Divorce, a class run by Tucson, Arizona-based Divorce Recovery. The class did an art project that included "sending away" the frustrations of divorce. The website is a place where Kara says "children can share their divorce-related feelings anonymously and parents...
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Below are some recent articles and items of interest from Fathers & Families' latest News Digest.
On the home front: Soldier custody battle (WHOTV.com, 11-20-07)
Suspect arrested in playground killing of NYC orthodontist (Associated Press, 11-20-07)
Mom's boyfriend may face new charges in boy's death (The Day, 11-21-07)
Divorce rates falling locally and across the US (Kansas City...
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Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plans are one of the newest Medicare Advantage Plan options. Private companies began offering these accounts in 2007. Like Health Savings Accounts, a Medical Savings Account puts you in control of your own health care dollars. If you are in good health and want to limit the maximum you...
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Examples of decent, loving dads being manhandled by the anti-father family law system are legion, but this one has to make the Top 10. A recent New Jersey appeals court reaffirmed a decision mandating that a man must pay alimony to his ex-wife--who killed their son. From Legal tussle: Should killer get alimony? (Bergen Record,...
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In his latest Fox News debate, Marc Rudov stated that HHS and CDC statistics show women and men commit domestic violence equally. The website “MediaMatters for America” has responded by calling Marc’s statement false. (See article and video at http://mediamatters.org/items/200711210003). Media Matters claims that the ratio is 62% to 38%. Media Matters bases its...
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In his latest Fox News debate, Marc Rudov stated that HHS and CDC statistics show women and men commit domestic violence equally. The website “MediaMatters for America” has responded by calling Marc’s statement false. (See article and video at http://mediamatters.org/items/200711210003). Media Matters claims that the ratio is 62% to 38%. Media Matters bases its...
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet the women (and the men who love them) who utterly disdain the idea of having children because– Well, best to let them explain it in their own words: “Having children is selfish. It’s all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet.” “I realized then that a...
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Paul Sielski is on a blind date with destiny – and I think she just ordered the lobster Jim Untershine, GZS of LB, 11-25-07 Paul Sielski is a father’s rights advocate who was ordered by a Maryland court to pay the mother of his child $3,500 per month (105% of his $40,000 net annual...
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Background: A few weeks ago I debated the issue of "Single Motherhood by Choice" on the BBC. The producer emailed the guests the 2006 London Times article Focus: Going solo (6/4/06), and among those I was debating was Viki Matten, who is discussed in the piece as an early pioneer in the "Single Motherhood...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP In the United States, Tuberculosis infection and disease occur most often among people born in areas of the world where TB is common, such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In most cases, these foreign-born persons become exposed to and infected in their country of birth and bring the contagious...
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I listened to a cassette version of Harold Bloom’s fascinating The Book of J. Bloom expounds on a collection of sections of the Old Testament that he believes were written by a single author – an ironic and humorous author of similar stature to Shakespeare and Chaucer. I was particularly struck by Bloom’s analysis...
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