First Star Trek predicted the normalization of racial diversity. Then it was cell phones. Now it’s a “theory of everything.†Is there anything Star Trek can’t predict? In an episode called “Shore Leave,†first broadcast in 1966, the crew of the Enterprise visited a planet where any thought  even an idyll one â€â€...
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Freedom Isn’t Free Each year, we observe Memorial Day — formerly Decoration Day, rooted in post-Civil War times — which officially became a federal holiday in 1971. What’s all the fuss? Most people view Memorial Day as the official start of summer, a time to party. Given that US school children know more about...
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The men's movement is growing. Slowly, perhaps, but nevertheless making strides forward each and every day. Recently one of my Swedish blog readers told me that his daughters had learnt about domestic violence against men in school. Would that even have happened last year, let alone a decade ago? I doubt it.
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A few thoughts, that will probably get me lynched, on the immigration of Mexicans: Immigration is not something Mexico did to the United States, but something the United States did to itself. Decades ago it changed its laws to favor Latin immigrants, gives immigrant children born in the US citizenship, avidly employs the ilegals,...
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Weekly Health Update: Medical Research Studies & “Spin†“A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  05/30/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making...
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The Royal Dutch Medical Association has published an official statement opposing male circumcision. A PDF of the full opinion is available here. ‘Violation of physical integrity’ Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) to discourage non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors Utrecht, 27 May 2010 – The official standpoint of KNMG and other related medical/scientific organisations is that...
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The explosion that sank British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling vessel/platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April was an unmitigated disaster. The accident killed 11 men and has caused massive environmental damage, the full extent of which may not become known for months or years. Here are some thoughts on this horrible event: 1)...
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As announced in today’s print edition of the New York Times, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has reversed its May 1 policy statement that condoned certain forms of female genital cutting (FGC). The New York Times article can be found here and the policy statement can be found here. To date, by my...
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Question: What do lawmakers Arlen Specter, Alan Mollohan, Barbara Boxer, and Orrin Hatch have in common? Answer: They are all high-profile supporters of the federal Violence Against Women Act whose political fortunes have plummeted in recent months. For years, support for the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was part of lawmakers’ annual ritual...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress, socialite  and former beauty queen, who was married seven times, once said, “I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.†That’s not chump change to, say, Zsa Zsa’s second husband, Conrad Hilton, but the average Joe doesn’t have an international chain of...
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Sex and the single Kagan. That’s what the nomination of Elena Kagan is all about for New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who just this past week offered her take on the controversy surrounding the nomination of the elite leftist from Princeton and Harvard to the Supreme Court. Kagan is single and a woman,...
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I first met Levi almost 20 years ago. He was about 12. We had just purchased our land from his parents, Jake and Nancy. Being old-order Amish, Jake and Nancy needed a ride to the attorney’s office, so we drove them and new-born Chris, their youngest, to finalize the transaction. Thus began a very...
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The Pink Issue, Continued
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Weekly Health Update: Soy & Curcumin Reduce Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  05/23/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician...
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American-born auteur filmmaker, playwright, and philosopher Woody Allen is at the Cannes Film Festival this week, promoting his new film and offering up a variety of opinions ranging from criminology to political theory. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, for example, Allen showered U.S. President Barack Obama with effusive praise, calling him “brilliant” and “cool.”...
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A campaign by KFC is now underway to generate money to fund research to find a cure for women’s cancer. Why do we accept the battle against cancer, in any light, only against women’s cancer? Is this not a form of sex discrimination applying to a cure? Sure, women’s cancer is a terrible thing,...
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On Sunday, May 9th 2010 women everywhere celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the female birth control pill. In those fifty years no equivalent for men has been developed. Why? Every five years or so, and you can almost count on every five years like clockwork, we hear news concerning  the development...
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Learning to identify gendered parenting differences and sort out which are problematic and which are emblematic of two parents acting in concert is what this book is about.
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Conservatives understand how the Leftist agenda threatens the prosperity, sovereignty, and fundamental values of our country. But how many realize the extent to which the feminist-progressive effort to curb partner abuse is rolling back many of our most cherished civil liberties? Recently Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, a Washington-based advocacy organization, released a report...
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It’s time for a man to have the unfettered social and legal backing to look at a woman whom he has just impregnated directly in the eye and say, “See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya,†and to stroll off whistling a tune, to enjoy less inconvenient relationships, without his wallet being any...
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