The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have sided with Wikileaks.org and will defend them against a lawsuit with took the site off line in the United States. Wikileaks is a website dedicated to hosting leaked documents that are “anonymous, untraceable, uncensorable.” On February 18, 2008, a permanent court...
Read more »
Background: The Boston Globe recently discussed Fathers & Families' shared parenting bill at great length in their editorial A fair role for fathers. While the Globe did not endorse the bill, the editorial essentially agrees with the main arguments behind shared parenting. Ned Holstein, MD, MS, Executive Director of Fathers & Families, responded to...
Read more »
The pilot of the Boeing 737 that crashed on March 7 upon landing at Yogyakarta Airport after a domestic Indonesian flight has been forced by his airline to resign. The crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 killed twenty-one people, most being Indonesian nationals and five being Australians following a visit by then Australian Foreign...
Read more »
"I dressed up in a sexy outfit...I became subject to leers, stares...tell me that there aren't men out there, especially in locations frequented by college students, who act like predators."
I avoid judging bloggers by their commenters because I think it can be very unfair and misleading. Below is a comment from Kimmy, a...
Read more »
Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand, has returned to his country after being deposed 17 months ago in a military coup d’état. Within minutes of landing in Bangkok, he was arrested on corruption charges by immigration police, though Shinawatra proclaims his innocence, stating that the charges against him are politically motivated. He...
Read more »
His grandson, Robert, was the U.S. Navy Commodore who helped freed slaves found Liberia, West Africa, and in 1846 captured California-the city of Stockton named for him. His brother-in-law, Elias Boudinot, was a Continental Congress President and founder of the American Bible Society. His daughter married Declaration Signer Benjamin Rush. His name was Richard...
Read more »
by Steve Farrell first published Feb. 21, 2003 in NewsMax.com Every now and then a book comes along that is a must-read for its frank, fearless, no-nonsense approach to uncomfortable political questions, questions the mainstream media would rather you and I never ask – questions not only about the left, mind you, but about...
Read more »
"Prosecutions for filing a false police report are relatively rare in San Mateo County and often don't result in much jail time, if any, Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
"Defendants convicted of the offense and sentenced to jail often serve that time in the sheriff's work program, picking up roadside trash or similar...
Read more »
by John F. McManus ARTICLE SYNOPSIS: After suffering from diabetes and emphysema according to his son Christopher, William F. Buckley, Jr. was found dead at his Connecticut home on February 27th. Follow this link to the original source: “William F. Buckley, Leading Conservative, Dies at 82” COMMENTARY: The author of 45 books about sailing,...
Read more »
As a writer of male issues, I find myself facing a paradox when I come across individuals that are showing a genuine concern for men’s issues, but after further review, find their ideology behind the work is suspect, and/or their methods to address the problems appear to exaserbate the problem rather than offer a...
Read more »
Domestic Violence Prevention – More Hyperbole Than Truth:Part 1
As a writer of male issues, I find myself facing a paradox when I come across individuals that are showing a genuine concern for men’s issues, but after further review, find their ideology behind the work is suspect, and/or their methods to address the problems appear to exaserbate the problem rather than offer a...
Read more »