Liberals implicitly acknowledge that the so-called budget-balancing of the Clinton era was based on subterfuge and outright lie. The Wall Street Journal editorial page notes the passing of one aspect of the sanctimonious liberal-progressive blather about fiscal prudence during the Clinton administrations (see Rubinomics R.I.P.) I disagree strongly with the Journal’s insouciance about Federal...
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“In my state I do not recall a circumstance...where a law of this kind interfered with the rights of a parent in a way that seemed like it was out of keeping, but if you’re familiar with such, let us know.â€Â--presidential candidate Mitt Romney
We've often discussed the way restraining/protection orders based on false allegations...
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In a potentially important development, Michigan shared parenting activists Mike Saxton and Dan Diebolt say that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorses shared parenting. According to Saxton:
"At a press conference at Demmer Corp. in Lansing, Michigan, I had the opportunity to discuss shared parenting with Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. I asked...'if you were...
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Fatherhood activists are looking for volunteers to participate in actions surrounding the upcoming presidential primaries in Nevada, California, and South Carolina. If you are interested, please click here.
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The Bush administration officially notified Congress Monday of its intention to sell sophisticated precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The action, coinciding with President Bush’s visit to Saudi Arabia, is part of a broader U.S. effort to bolster Gulf allies in the face of a more assertive Iran. VOA’s David Gollust reports from the State...
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Piyush “Bobby” Jindal was today inaugurated governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He is the country’s first Indian American elected governor and the first non-white governor of Louisiana since P. B. S. Pinchback in 1872. At 36 years old, he is currently the nation’s youngest governor as well. Jindal succeeds Kathleen Blanco as...
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Below are some recent articles and items of interest from Fathers & Families' latest News Digest.
Triplets' surrogate mom can keep child support (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 1-7-08)
Sheriff's Dept. sweep targets child support scofflaws (The Tribune Democrat, 1-8-08)
Child support warrants to be served (Cherokee County Herald, 1-10-08)
Making change (Dickinson Press, 1-10-08)
Minister apologizes over child support bungle...
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Scientists from the University of Minnesota have successfully created a beating heart in a lab. The team was led by Dr. Doris Taylor, director of the University’s Center for Cardiovascular Repair, used a process called “decellularization” in which the hearts were taken from newborn rats and stripped of their cells. The resulting non-living masses,...
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Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States. During a telephone conversation with this writer, Moriarty said: “Whoever does occupy the White House will not overturn Roe v. Wade, nor will he or she put the dictatorial Supreme Court...
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Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States. During a telephone conversation with this writer, Moriarty said: “Whoever does occupy the White House will not overturn Roe v. Wade, nor will he or she put the dictatorial Supreme Court...
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Former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has again created media speculation of a Liberal leadership challenge with reports claiming he is weighing up challenging for the leadership of the Liberal party against a position outside of politics with the Macquarie Bank. Costello is reported to have told friends that opposition leader Dr Brendon Nelson will...
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A collapse has occurred at the Trump SoHo construction site at 246 Spring St in SoHo, New York. Witnesses at the scene reported that a load being lifted by a crane collided with the building, possibly causing scaffolding to collapse. Witnesses also reported that one worker was killed. By 2:30pm there were a large...
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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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By Claire Bigg The winter holidays are a difficult time for the many families that lost relatives in the hostage drama that struck the small North Ossetian town of Beslan in September 2004. For the Voice of Beslan, a victims’ group led by women who lost children in the siege, this year’s holidays brought...
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By Bruce Pannier The art of political assassination is alive and well in Kyrgyzstan — or so says Edil Baisalov. Until a month ago, the 30-year-old democracy activist was considered to be one of the Central Asian country’s most promising young politicians, a social democrat with verve and a modern vision for Kyrgyzstan. But...
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By Breffni O’Rourke Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an agreement to settle all outstanding matters relating to Iran’s nuclear program in four weeks’ time. IAEA chief Muhammad el-Baradei secured the agreement in talks in Tehran at the weekend. But the United States has already said the accord does not...
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By Farangis Najibullah She’s lived in Iran her entire life, but Siddiqa Rezai can’t call it home. Rezai, 20, is the daughter of Afghan refugees who fled war in their homeland 25 years ago. Until now, her family of eight has lived in the town of Boen-Zahra in Qazvin Province, west of Tehran. Rezai...
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By Kathleen Ridolfo The so-called awakening councils that have been formed in Iraq to fight terrorists are finding themselves under increasing threat from rival political and security groups and terrorists keen on curbing their power. Popular support for the councils, which have been formed in nine of the country’s 18 governorates to defend the...
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U.S. President George W. Bush, in a keynote speech in the United Arab Emirates today, focused on hopes for democracy in the Middle East, while harshly criticizing Iran’s leaders. Bush said the actions of the Iranian leadership are threatening security around the world. “Iran is today the world’s leading state sponsor of terror,” he...
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By Jim Wrenn, Editor at WrennCom.Com and PoliSat.Com. January 14, 2008– Iraq war veteran Pete Hegseth devastatingly exposes the defeat of the defeatists as well as their state of denial about the success of the surge designed by General David Petraeus, ordered by President Bush and implemented courageously and effectively by our troops. (The...
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