Archive for April, 2008

THE BALTIMORE SUN ‘She wouldn’t lie’ mentality tips scales in custody fights By Rinaldo Del Gallo III April 25, 2008 Last month, Mark A. Castillo allegedly confessed to drowning his three children in the bathtub of a hotel room at the Inner Harbor. Mr. Castillo, who reportedly told police a divorce and custody battle with his estranged... »

The American public, and Christians in particular, are being deluged once again with talk of the thoroughly ambiguous concept of “social justice.” It is, after all, election time. Thus the pseudo religious among us must make their pitch for the Christian vote, on whatever spurious terms they can concoct. In its raw form, “social justice”... »

A nice, father-positive ad from Rogers TV. Apparently the ad is the Rogers TV type of TiVo. Doesn't the father-son interaction here look a hell of a lot more like you and your kid than the relentless parade of "dad-as-idiot" commercials we're subjected to? To learn more about the problems with the way men are... »

-By Warner Todd Huston Laura Bush, docile doormat Behold, the ideal Republican wife: Prim, sexless, nearly useless, lets the men do the real thinkin’. Hot! Yes, that was the headline for Mark Moford’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle today. Not only does the very title of this screed of ignominious proportions rip into the... »

Background: In my recent blog post Father of Newborn 'Did Everything One Would Hope a Man in His Position Would Do'--but It Wasn't Enough, we discussed the case of an embattled California father, Jorge C., who fought a long, hard and ultimately unsuccessful battle to be a father to his baby boy. The boy's birth was... »

Wikinews has learned that a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) IP Address has been blocked on Wikipedia after making edits to an article which were considered “vandalism”. In two separate instances, the IP address from the DOJ removed information from the Wikipedia article about the organization Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting... »

Below is a letter from Bruce, who does not agree with our campaign against Fox's new reality show Bad Dads. Like many people, he has been misled by the media onslaught about "deadbeat dads." Mr. Sacks, As a non-custodial father, I have maintained a good payment record of child support, and make those payments a priority.... »

Should anyone criticize Hillary Clinton for continuing to pray at the altar of Bill Clinton? After some forty some odd years with this man, Hillary is still directed by the guiding principles of her beloved Slick Willy. Her mentor’s trajectory from inconsequential to infamous is legendary. Throw in a little impeachment for good measure,... »

-By Warner Todd Huston The Taliban suffered a big loss in Pakistan/Afghanistan this month and so did al Qaeda in Iraq, but the MSM has been practically silent on these great successes. It only goes to show that the media is so completely sold on the claim that the war is lost that they aren’t... »

There’s not much point left to arguing whether the provocative vitriol purveyed by Trinity United Church’s former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright in his sermons was warranted, understandable, excusable or in any way accurate. This columnist and an increasing number of Americans believe Wright’s tirades were wholly inexcusable and thus by nature cannot be explained... »

As some of my readers already know, I’ve put up three previous blogs about the case of William Hetherington, a Michigan man who has served more than 20 years in prison because he was convicted – on questionable evidence – of raping his wife while they were separated. I began researching the case after... »

After the fiasco two weeks ago, when the Illinois Senate buried Rep. Franks’ recall amendment (HJCRA28), Senator Hendon introduced his own recall amendment in the Senate. This version (SJCRA70) is substantially similar to Rep. Franks’ recall but has a few changes: the ability to recall judges, the Governor and Lt. Governor have to... »

The light of God’s truth has been snuffed out in Europe, now the least Christian and the most secularized and socialized part of the world. This week, Black Rock Congregational Church is focusing on worldwide missionary programs and the 20-plus missionaries that the church supports. In that connection, rather than a traditional sermon, we... »

Vanity Fair's new piece Men Evolving Badly quotes numerous authorities on modern gender issues, including Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, authors Harvey C. Mansfield and Guy Garcia, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and myself. It's kind of an odd piece, for a few reasons. One is that it focuses a lot on Rabbi Shmuley and... »

Last night we launched a protest campaign against Fox's new reality show Bad Dads. By 9 AM this morning, Fox had received over 3,000 letters, faxes and calls. I thank all of you for your participation, and I urge you to call Fox executives by clicking here. For those who have not yet sent... »

-By Warner Todd Huston College textbooks are overpriced and something should be done. Why, Congress should even step in! That is the message that The New York Times wants us to understand and I can’t say it is, in and of itself, entirely the wrong message — save the whole bit about Congress stepping in,... »

Much of the last chapter of Proverbs is dedicated to describing the characteristics of “a virtuous woman.” Verse 10 asks, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” It is interesting to examine the qualities that such a woman is said to possess as well as the affects she is... »

Fox recently announced its intention to launch a new reality show called Bad Dads. According to Reuters, in Bad Dads Jim Durham, director of the National Child Support Center, "functions as a sort of 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' for tracking deadbeats... an avenger of penniless single mothers hunts down deadbeat... »

Belatedly, the Clinton campaign has come to realize that white men represent the critical swing vote of the 2008 primaries. When Hillary captured the white male vote, she has won 9 out of 14 contests. But when the good-ol’-boys gave the nod to Barack, he triumphed in 9 of the 15 races. Problem is,... »

As if taking a page out of former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s playbook, the Chinese military has decreased troop levels by more than 200,000 men and women, the official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army announced last week. While liberals, Democrats and members of the news media openly showed distain for Rumsfeld when... »