June 14, 2008
Tim Russert and Fatherhood: A Father’s Day Tribute
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 intensely [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Current Events, Fatherhood, OP/ED, Passing, Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 2:20 pmJune 2, 2008
Hillary: Determination vs. Defiance
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 absolutely [...]
January 14, 2008
Hillary: “No Woman is Illegal”
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 January [...]
Comments (7) Filed under: OP/ED, Politics, Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 1:23 pmJanuary 20, 2007
In the Company of Men
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 analyses [...]
November 27, 2006
Making the World a Better Place - One Billboard at a Time
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 she [...]
Comments (4) Filed under: Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 10:34 amOctober 15, 2006
Is the U.N. a Worldwide Threat to the Health and Wellbeing of Men?
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, Section [...]
June 18, 2006
One Woman’s Word
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 witness [...]
Comments (4) Filed under: Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 8:41 amJune 11, 2006
The Health of Fatherhood
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 and [...]
Comments (14) Filed under: Vox Populi — Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. @ 12:18 pm
