As we all know by now, carnage erupted at Fort Hood army base in central Texas on Thursday.  Allegedly, an army psychiatrist opened fire on enlisted men who had lined up for inoculations and eye tests.  When it was all over, 13 people were dead and 38 injured.  Of the 13 dead, the names... »

Perhaps the bedrock principle of due process is that, at a bare minimum, a defendant whose rights the state wants to infringe or remove entirely is entitled to notice of the charge against him/her and a hearing before an impartial arbiter.  The most heinous mass murderer is entitled to those two basic things.  Actually,... »

He was divorced.  She had custody.  But she had problems with drinking and drugs.  So he reported her repeatedly to Child Protective Services which took no action.  One day his ex got drunk and passed out, leaving their four-year-old daughter trapped inside a car in the hot Arizona summer.  The little girl, Haley Gray,... »

Two major online publications--Salon.com and Slate.com--recently did articles about the men's and fathers movement. The articles discuss various aspects and actors in the movement, and also quote and misquote me. This series of posts will comment on the articles and also straighten out certain misrepresentations. Kathryn Joyce of Slate.com is a feminist writer who has... »

Better late than never.  This article could have been gleaned word for word from GlennSacks.com pieces over the past few months (New York Times, 11/2/09).  They didn't mention us, so I'm sure it's all original material.  I wonder if their other writers will read it and remember what it says the next time they're... »

I suppose it had to happen, but I certainly didn't see it coming.  This article informs us that a number of colleges in the Northwest are restarting football programs, not because their teams had much success in the past or because current students particularly want them, but in the hopes of attracting male enrollees... »

I've dealt with the categories of Education, and Health and Survival in the Global Gender Gap Report, which I assume Barbara Kay would prefer I call the Global Women's Interests Gap Report, since that would be less misleading.  But I think I won't.  Here it is again (WEForum, 2009). The Report includes two other categories, Economic Participation and... »

There are a good many judges and prosecutors in this country who would so well to read this article (Telegraph, 10/30/09).  Nominally, it reports on the fact that an appellate court in the United Kingdom has upheld the two-year prison sentence of Jennifer Day for making a false rape claim against Andrew Saxby, her... »

The best symbol of the $787 billion federal stimulus program turns out not to be a construction worker in a hard hat, but rather a classroom teacher saved from a layoff. That's the latest news from the employment front.  It seems that, of the over 600,000 jobs saved or created by the federal stimulus spending... »

I've blogged before about the Global Gender Gap Report for 2009.  Here's a link to it (WEForum, 2009).  I won't repeat the tedious explanations of what it claims to be or its frankly anti-male scoring system.  If you want to read about that, click here. The Global Gender Gap Report is at pains to avoid any admission... »

I'm sure artist Ben Stone of Chicago feels much safer now.  After all, he's protected by a restraining order.  He's got the order itself in his hands.  It's signed by Judge Daniel Miranda and signed and stamped by County Clerk Dorothy Brown.  He's even got his own videotape of police officers serving him with... »

Now 23, divorced, and a parent herself, Anne has recognized only recently that she was manipulated, that her long-held view of her father isn't accurate. They live 2,000 miles apart but now try to speak daily. "I've missed out on a great friendship with my dad," she says. "It hurts." A group of 50 mental... »

Singer/songwriter Don Henley was a founding member of the Eagles and a seven time Grammy Award-winner in his solo career. In 2008, he was ranked one of the 100 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. In my humble opinion, he wrote one of the greatest songs about divorce ever, "Heart of the... »

To read the Global Gender Gap Report for 2009 is to enter a truly Orwellian world (WEForum, 2009).  (And please note that I don't like the word "Orwellian" because it's overused.  But the GGG Report is Orwellian as I will soon make clear.) The Global Gender Gap Report is a publication of the World Economic Forum which is... »

It's a continuing saga.  The mere allegation of domestic violence can lead to dire consequences even if disproven, even if recanted by the accuser. In this case, it's high profile TV anchorman Dominic Carter of NY1 television (New York Daily News, 10/29/09).  He's one of their most-watched news anchors, but he's been yanked off the... »

The recently released report on homicide in Canada by that nation's official statistics agency shows that Canadians enjoy safety undreamed of by Americans (StatsCan, 10/28/09).  Canadian women in particular are safe.  Indeed, homicides to Canadians who manage to stay out of gangs are vanishingly rare. The most recent figures are for 2008.  They show that,... »

But there's one need most shelters are not even close to meeting."I'm a single dad and I have this baby and we've fallen upon hard times," says Attila Streyar as he holds his toddler daughter, Layla."I needed some help, just to get shelter. There was no place in this town that I could find... »

Bernet is leading an effort to add "parental alienation" to the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association's "bible" of diagnoses, scheduled for 2012. He and some 50 contributing authors from 10 countries will make their case in the American Journal of Family Therapy early next... »

In this BBC Newsnight interview, moderator Jeremy Paxman questions former British MP for Europe, Dennis McShane and Nikki Adams of the English Collective for Prostitutes about the recent article in The Guardian showing that the Home Office had, over many years blown out of all proportion the problem of human trafficking for sex in... »

 “For everybody who calls, everyone who walks through the door, their claims are taken at face value.” That's Yolanda Jimenez talking.  She's the commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence.  It seems six women have just been popped for posing as DV victims in order to receive subsidized public housing. ... »