My new co-authored column, Biden’s Misguided S1515 Will Exacerbate Domestic Violence System’s Problems (Philadelphia Daily News, 12/7/07), criticizes a new bill which will enlist 100,000 volunteer attorneys to help purportedly abused women win custody of their children from their alleged abusers. Our principle objection to the bill is that there is no mechanism within it to...
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Below are some recent articles and items of interest from Fathers & Families' latest News Digest.
26 arrested in raid over child support allegations (Courier-Post, 12-6-07)
Holidays a high time for divorce (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 12-6-07)
Rhode Island court denies same-sex divorce plea (Reuters, 12-7-07)
The plight of divorced dads (National Post, 12-8-07)
Arizona coach Olson files divorce petition...
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So far at least 15 people have been killed in a major ice storm in the United States which has left more than 600,000 residents and businesses across three states, without electricity. Officials for the utility companies say that this could be the worst ice storm in history. “This particular storm is now the...
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Global warming campaigner and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says it is time for humanity to stop “waging war” on planet Earth. Gore spoke today in Oslo after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He urged the two largest carbon-emitting countries – the United States and China – to make what he called the...
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An Australian judge has handed down sentences to nine males, who admitted raping a 10-year-old girl, each of which do not involve spending any time behind bars. Six of the offenders, who were minors at the time of the crime were placed on probation. The other three aged 17, 18 and 26 were given...
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When you’re building wealth, saving a penny on your taxes is just as important as earning a penny in the markets. You can use both investment losses and investment gains to good tax advantage. For example, in November some U.S. stocks experienced a significant drop. Disciplined investors use these declines to save on their...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats in the United States. These capabilities are primarily found at DOE’s two key emergency response facilities — the Remote Sensing Laboratories at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Andrews...
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At least seven inmates have died and 23 were injured after multiple mortar rounds struck a prison in Baghdad, Iraq. The facility is located near an interior ministry complex, on the Eastern bank of the River Tigris in the central part of the capital, and it is thought that this could be the intended...
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Former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra, 22, has had her invitation to perform at an upcoming concert for United States troops retracted, following her recent arrest for disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Sierra is likely to remain in jail at the Hillsborough County jail in her native Tampa until her next hearing on December 20,...
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Former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra, 22, has had her invitation to perform at an upcoming concert for United States troops retracted, following her recent arrest for disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Sierra is likely to remain in jail at the Hillsborough County jail in her native Tampa until her next hearing on December 20,...
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The left has been pummeling the Bush Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency about what they call the abuse of those under our War on Terror detention. It’s bad enough I have to skim through the selective reflections of the liberal intelligentsia, but it really pisses me off that I can’t even watch Sunday...
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Background: Research demonstrates that a significant percentage of allegations of sexual assault are false. To learn more, see my recent column U. of Maryland Correct to Deny Clothesline Project Protesters a Forum to Publicly Name Alleged Rapists (Baltimore Sun, 10/15/07).
Also, see my blog posts College Student Creates Campuswide Crime Alert over Double False Rape...
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Today, Dmitry Medvedev was named the candidate for President of Russia by the ruling party United Russia, which holds majority in the newly-elected, State Duma, the lower parliament of Russia. Medvedev, who is the current deputy prime minister of the Russian government and the chairman in the board of directors of Gazprom, was also...
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Today, Dmitry Medvedev was named the candidate for President of Russia by the ruling party United Russia, which holds majority in the newly-elected, State Duma, the lower parliament of Russia. Medvedev, who is the current deputy prime minister of the Russian government and the chairman in the board of directors of Gazprom, was also...
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On Saturday night, anarchists reportedly hurled pieces of pavement through the windows of a Royal Bank location, demonstrating against their sponsorship of the Vancouver Olympics. An anonymous posting Sunday evening to Infoshop News, an independent anarchist news website, reports that the Royal Bank of Canada branch at 1st and Commercial had its windows destroyed...
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On Saturday night, anarchists reportedly hurled pieces of pavement through the windows of a Royal Bank location, demonstrating against their sponsorship of the Vancouver Olympics. An anonymous posting Sunday evening to Infoshop News, an independent anarchist news website, reports that the Royal Bank of Canada branch at 1st and Commercial had its windows destroyed...
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Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela has set a new time zone for his country. The new time zone, which is UTC-4:30, is half an hour earlier than old time. This time zone is unique and does not match any of those used by Venzuela’s neighbors. This morning, Venezuelans began the work week for...
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Pollster George Gallup commented, “...drafting fathers would lead to the breaking up of too many families where there are children.â€Â
A fantastic post from Ned Holstein of Fathers and Families that demonstrates the huge change in our society's attitude towards fathers. In What does Pearl Harbor Tell Us About Society’s Attitude Towards Fathers? Some Surprising...
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Background: The domestic violence establishment is not telling us the full truth about domestic violence, and many destructive family law and criminal law policies have been based on misinformation. Research clearly establishes that women are frequently the aggressors in domestic combat, often employing the element of surprise and weapons to compensate for men's strength....
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I have put up past blogs about how the horrors of war are visited disproportionately on men, who have historically been required to kill and be killed on the battlefield. Men are the ones whom society usually orders to enter an arena of sustained terror and often extraordinary confusion. They are the ones who...
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