Worshipping the ancient Mediterranean god Moloch, and today’s liberal -progressivism, both require sacrificing children on the altar of self-centered materialism. As G. K. Chesterton wrote in The Everlasting Man, ancient Rome’s great rival in the period of the republic was Carthage. Along with Tyre, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, Carthage, in Chesterton’s...
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Background: At the conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" (held in Sacramento, California February 15-16), Erin Pizzey told me about domestic violence shelters' policies of excluding all males ages 12 or older from going to the shelters with their mothers. I wrote about it here.
Evan Stark, a prominent...
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Below are some recent articles and items of interest from Fathers & Families' latest News Digest.
State offers discounted paternity tests (Associated Press, 2-18-08)
New Minn. divorce laws may settle custody problems (WCCO, 2-19-08)
Woman pleads guilty for not paying child support (The Plain Dealer, 2-20-08)
Legal Strategies: the dos and don'ts of divorce (Globe and Mail, 2-21-08)
Friendship...
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Table of Contents February 25, 2008 1. FIRE Launches Weekly Podcast Series: FIREside Chats 2. Brandeis University Joins Red Alert List; FIRE Releases New Podcast on Case 3. FIRE on the Continuing Situation at the University of Delaware 4. Victory for Free Speech at the University of Utah 5. Recent Media Coverage 6....
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Tell Your Senator to vote NO on Patent “Reform” (S. 1145)!! Eagle Forum has been following the developments regarding the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145), sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). This dangerous legislation could come up in the Senate for a vote in the next week when Congress returns from its recess. The...
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by Diane Alden The conservative movement compromised the day Ronald Reagan appointed George H.W. Bush his VP. That decision allowed the Rockefeller/Dole/Ford/Bush wing of the Republican establishment to steer the party towards the big government left. It was a decision based on pragmatism, compromise, and “unity” at any cost. This was the same Ronald...
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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), several large earthquakes have shaken Indonesia with the largest having a magnitude of 7.0. The most recent quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and struck at 4:02 a.m. local time February 26, 150 kilometers (94 miles) south, southwest of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. The depth registered at...
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Parts of a body belonging to a child have been discovered at the Haut de la Garenne in Saint Martin, Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. The Victorian building, which was orignally built as a children’s care home and is now a youth hostel, has been under investigation...
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American art director and production designer Robert F. Boyle was honored last night at the Academy Awards. Hired as an extra in films during the Great Depression, the young architect became a draftsman at Paramount Studios, moving on to become a sketch artist and assistant art director, before becoming a full-fledged art director in...
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There is an antidote to the feckless way too many of us live our lives. Pastor Steve Treash at the Black Rock-Long Ridge Congregational Church (North Stamford, Connecticut) continued his examination of God’s will for our lives. His focus this Sunday was God’s will for our future. The inescapable point is that God holds...
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Relationship Ranking Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatrist and contemporary of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, was, by most accounts, the first to associate birth order with personality. In 2007, Time magazine devoted an article, “The Power of Birth Order,†to this subject. One cannot choose the pecking order within his family  his parents...
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The Boston Globe recently discussed Fathers & Families' shared parenting bill at great length in their editorial A fair role for fathers. While it's somewhat annoying that the Globe does not endorse the bill, the editorial is in many ways very positive.
The Globe, which generally leans towards feminist views and positions, essentially agrees with the...
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As English-Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis took home his second Oscar for his leading role as a mean early oil enterpreneur in the motion picture There Will Be Blood, the top four honors for acting were swept away by European actors. Earlier in the evening, Best Supporting Actress went to British actress Tilda Swinton won...
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Does Hallelujah, I’m a Bum prefigure the beliefs of Ronald Reagan and George Gilder? Released in 1933 and directed by Lewis Milestone, Hallelujah I’m a Bum is a well-crafted musical comedy set in the time period in which it was made. The legendary Al Jolson plays a happy-go-lucky hobo named Bumper living with a...
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"There's a mini-controversy brewing in the advertising world over the sometimes-stereotypical portrayal of fathers in TV ads. Most notably, fathers' rights advocate Glenn Sacks almost succeeded in derailing a bid by Arnold, Boston, to win the Volvo account. Sacks complained that a previous Arnold ad for Fidelity Investments showed a father in a negative...
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"She wanted to kill them. I let the court know that. But they took only one side...I loved them. I've been fighting for them."
Note that the woman, apparently a violent lunatic who allegedly had sent her ex threatening letters and set fire to his car, was granted an order of protection. Now, despite...
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A chemist employed by a corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, involved in researching, developing and supplying fire-proof coating and intumescent products has been indicted and charged with theft of trade secrets and computer fraud, according to United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle and FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew R. Bland. Qinggui Zeng, a/k/a Jensen...
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Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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