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The 183-page PDF file that constitutes the United States Supreme Court case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission can be reduced to three words and a simple admonition. The three-words: money equals speech. The simple admonition: political speech is political speech, even if it comes from a corporation. Protecting political speech is at the... »

Where has common sense gone? To its credit, Fox Television has provided a refreshing conservative alternative to the liberal-bent news shows of the other three major networks and PBS. It brings stories and angles that the other major television news shows ignore. Yet a recent Fox story defies all imagination and... »

Just what presidential team is more likely to support fathers? The current field is not promising. SARAH PALIN: The recent finding by an Alaskan bi-partisan panel that Palin unlawfully abused her power by pursuing her family’s grudge against her ex-step brother (Trooper Mike Wooten) following his ugly divorce from her sister demonstrates that Palin might... »

As this piece is being written, the Massachusetts House passed a bill with a 93-52 vote to increase the cost of cigarettes by $1 per pack. According to the Boston Herald, the increase would generate $174 million in new taxes. As of January 1, 2008, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators (taxadmin.org), Massachusetts... »

It’s often odd what people focus on. Was there a “pact” in Gloucester, Massachusetts for young girls to become pregnant or were these girls simply individually irresponsible? While the perversely salacious idea of simply using men as sperm donors literally made headlines around the world, what is more important is the fact that... »

This is a story about the media. Last Sunday Barack Obama gave a speech on how a father’s absence is tearing apart the black community and America at large. I predict that if Obama is elected to the presidency, it will become a mildly famous speech. It is an unusual speech in that it... »

What is an extremist? Random House defines it as “a tendency or disposition to go to extremes or an instance of going to extremes, esp. in political matters.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines extremism as “One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.” Reasonable people might disagree where “extremism”... »

2008 marks the 100th year that Father’s Day has been celebrated in the United States. According to the Father’s Day cards we will be getting, we’re fat, balding, play golf all day and have an excessive proclivity towards the consumption of beer. It hasn’t been easy, as the “Father Knows Best” image of fatherhood has... »

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the modern celebration of Father’s Day in the United States. The third-Sunday-in-June celebration first took place in Spokane, Wash., in 1910. However, the first modern Father’s Day celebration in the United States took place on Sunday, July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, W.Va. at a memorial service at... »

Why is it that every single holiday is turned into a way to bash fathers and men? With Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate the love of men and women comes the Vagina Monologues—a twist on the V-day promoting awareness how men are abusive to women. On previous Mother’s Days in Berkshire County... »

The following article was previously published in the Charlestown Gazette on June 8, 2008 and the Washington Times on June 13, 2008 This year marks the 100th anniversary of the modern celebration of Father’s Day. It may sound as a truism that fathers should be respected in their role as providers, laborers, soldiers... »

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... »

February 11, 2008 By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. BerkshireFatherhood.com Click HERE to contact Attorney Del Gallo. MAJOR CHANGE IN THE LAW OF RAPE, AND THE LEVEL OF INTOXICATION NEEDED FOR LACK OF CONSENT For years now I have been warning that the law on rape is changing so that when one engages... »

http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/799784.opn.pdf is the link to the case in question. Wednesday, January 02, 2008   Dear Seattle Times:   Your editorial, “Free attorney, not always says the court,” obviously overstates the argument that was being advanced.   The argument being advanced was not that one is always entitled to an attorney, but rather that one is entitled to an attorney when a... »

Sunday, December 30, 2007 The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition wishes everyone a Happy New Year. Recently, one of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition’s officers had a Letter to the Editor of the Berkshire Eagle Published, “Historical Viewpoints on Child Support.”  The thesis of the letter is that historically, there was no obligation to pay child support at all—or... »

Saturday, December 22, 2007 To everyone Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and three days from now Christians will be celebrating the nativity of Jesus Christ. It is fiting that Christmas—or “Christ Mass,” was placed during the Roman pagan festival of the Invincible... »

Since 2001 I have been attending and then leading free legal seminars for the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition that is open to the public.  It initially startled me how often the subject of paternity fraud came up during meetings.  Continually, I meet men who believe that they are paying child support for children that are... »

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. I would like to convey some brief thoughts on this year’s Veterans Day. Those who fought in our countries wars fought to preserve freedom. By “freedom” I mean not freedom to do whatever we want, but freedom to engage in fundamental rights. Today, however, our country has deprived fathers of... »

 By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Monday, I represented a defendant in a criminal trial, a father that was charged with assault and battery on a child. The father had scooped his child by one arm and placed him in his motor vehicle so he could be brought home after visiting with... »

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. Click HERE to contact Attorney Del Gallo. BerkshireFatherhood.com 413-445-6789 July 22, 2007 This is the third part of a series of stories I am writing on how current child support laws violate basic biblical principles. Today we examine the biblical principle that states one must be fair to the poor. THE RELEVANT BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES: “Do... »