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Demography and Economy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. The release on March 18, 2009, of preliminary childbirth data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for 2007 has yielded mixed news – some good but most providing troubling insight into potentially crippling problems for American society and the American economy.... »

The saying “As goes California, so goes the Nation,” never has been more true than for Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2008. On October 14, the California courts led the nation in bringing public awareness to a previously hidden Domestic Violence issue — that of battered men — and subsequently ruled that battered men deserve... »

One thing that major retailing giants and politicians have common is a concern with their image in the hearts and minds of customers and voters. They are concerned with the percentage of the population which views them positively as well as negatively. In my view, and in toda’s highly uncertain economic environment,... »

Tragically — but true to the radical feminist agenda — the Obama/Biden Democratic ticket portends an escalating war on boys, men, fathers, and families. On Father’s Day 2008, Sen. Obama could have spoken on any number of topics. His choice was to castigate African-American fathers and blame fathers, and fathers alone, for... »

The very high profile case of Fort Lauderdale police Chief Frank Adderley whose wife Eleanor Leisa Adderly shot at him, missed him by inches while he lay in bed, and then continued to fire at him while he fled the house provides South Florida and the nation with a unique opportunity to face squarely... »

Tim Russert, internationally respected political analyst and moderator of NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press,’ died unexpectedly and prematurely at age 58 on Friday the thirteenth of June 2008 — the day preceding the Father’s Day weekend — at work.  Russert likely best will be remembered as the longest-running host of one of television’s most... »

This is a quick, brief, and open letter to all remaining Democratic Voters, Delegates, Super Delegates and indeed to the Democratic Party itself as it gathers yet again in a circle to set up a final firing squad to select a Presidential Nominee. As I look over the political landscape of this campaign, I am... »

With unsurpassed campaign brilliance, Sen. Hillary Clinton managed to confluence two of her most critical campaign themes — Gender Politics and Immigration – into four words: “No woman is illegal.” She also threw in Health Care to make it a Trifecta. All this was reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on... »

David Brooks is absolutely correct when he writes “But they never quite marry, or if they do, the marriage falls apart, with horrible consequences for their children. This is the real force behind the rise of women without men.” (”The Elusive Altar,” 1/18/07, NYTimes). Unlike the NYTimes... »

So, what would drive second wife Shelly Barreras to spend half of her 2006 Thanksgiving Day perched atop a billboard 50 feet above the ground in Albuquerque, New Mexico?The facts are not in dispute. Essentially, first wife Viola Trevino gave new meaning to Paternity Fraud when... »

This is a quick “heads up” that the United Nations recently has posted the “Secretary-General’s study on violence against women.” This one hundred and thirty nine page document can be read at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/ violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf In my view, the key to understanding the entire report can be found in Section VIII. Conclusions and recommendations, ... »

It once was taken for granted that a man’s word was his bond and carried great weight.  Today, however, a man’s word carries but little weight and it is a woman’s word that not only is beyond reproach but is also her meal-ticket.  Even more critically, the bearing of false... »

As we look forward to the quantity and quality of our lives in the 21st century we face an unprecedented challenge. As a nation, it is critical for all men, women, and children to cease denying the silent epidemic of the demise of fathers from the lives of our children... »