Now and then (but not often enough) my wife and I palm our kids off on my parents or friends and sneak out of town for a day or two. Recently I took my wife to the Historic Inn (built in 1889) pictured above. It was great, but somewhat bizarre. I guess the hotel and... »
In Canada "November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month"? Wonderful. Unlike the US, where October is "Domestic Violence Awareness Month," in creating the prevention month the Canadian DV establishment didn't even go through the pretense of minimal gender inclusively. BTW, there are two inconvenient truths regarding most (if not all) studies which say that "one out of... »
More female sentencing discount. From 76-year-old woman arrested for 73rd time (Associated Press, 11/18/08): A New York City woman with a criminal record stretching back nearly four decades says she didn't steal the wallet that led to her 73rd arrest. Police say 76-year-old Katherine Kelly was in a Manhattan supermarket last month when she snatched a... »
Adding another Hero Father to our already considerable collection. Unlike most of the men who threw themselves in harm's way to save their children, fortunately the father here lived. From Dad fought off pit bull attacking his 7-year-old daughter (KGW.com, 11/21/08): HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. -- A 7-year-old girl is recovering from surgery for wounds inflicted by... »
From Phil Leigh, a Florida reader, on the recent controversy over gender & health care costs: The New York Times and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams recently reported falsely that gender-based pricing in the independent healthcare insurance market uniquely penalized women. In truth, gender pricing sometimes results in men paying more and sometimes in... »
The example here is a middle-aged woman's book club but college men endure this all the time as Women's Studies promotes anti-male exaggerations and falsehoods. Chrsitian Hoff Sommers accurately describes some of these not as "Hate Speech but as "Hate Statistics." Thanks to Phil, a reader, for sending it. »
Alexander McPherson, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UC Irvine's school of biological sciences, has helped bring the institution millions of dollars in federal research grants. No more--he's been fired for refusing to participate in feminist sexual harassment training. In his recent column The sham of sex harassment training (Los Angeles Times,... »
In 2007, Jordan Manners of Ontario, Canada was shot and killed outside his school. This prompted Ontario authorities to study the matter of teen violence and issue a report. The Toronto Sun’s Lorrie Goldstein produced an outraged response to the report on November 23rd. However angry she may be at the study, it and she clearly... »
...here's a Glenn Sacks East German travel story, circa 1984: I was traveling late at night in a train through Czechoslovakia on my way to East Germany in the early 1980s. This was back in the communist era, and an American traveling alone in that part of the world was a rare sight, particularly a... »
I recently reported on the Vincent Romero case in Arizona, where an 8-year-old boy shot and killed his father and another man. People immediately assumed the father had abused the boy, but the evidence contradicts this---to learn more, click here. Anyway, I just heard a radio report from ABC News about what an "unusual Thanksgiving... »
"An Oklahoma teenager is swept up in laws aimed at protecting kids from child predators. He must register as a sex offender for life, as the worst level offender, after having a sex with his girlfriend, who said she was his age, 16... "he district attorney charged Ricky as an adult for two counts of... »
I'm not nominating this guy "Father of the Year" but it does seem quite possible that he was victimized by the child support system. In general, the system deals very poorly (and unfairly) with men who suffer large drops in their income, and it appears that rapper MC Breed was such a case. From Flint... »
We've often discussed how in TV, advertising, and the movies, men's pain is often portrayed as humorous. Ruth, a reader, writes: Check out the new trailer for the movie called Dance Flick--it's a spoof of dancing movies. More importantly, start watching at 1:53. Normally we always see guys getting hit and kicked in the nuts for... »
Several of you sent me this from Yahoo.com's headlines page -- Economy Hitting Women Hardest, Say Experts (11/21/08). It's a variation on the "Nuclear Holocaust Kills Billions--Women Hit Hardest" theme. If the Ms. Foundation for Women says women suffer the worst, it must be true. I'm not an expert on poverty statistics, but I do... »
We've previously discussed the injustice of the Mark Huddleston adoption case. In my co-authored column Anna Nicole Dispute Shows System's Flaws (Chicago Sun-Times, 3/10/07, Detroit News, 3/20/07) I wrote: n the highly-publicized Huddleston case in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mark Huddleston’s baby boy was adopted out when he was three days old, but Huddleston didn't know... »
DART Campaign Wrap-up As many of you know, the anti-father Dallas domestic violence bus ads we protested come down this week (11/30). While the ads remained up a few weeks longer than we desired, overall our campaign was very successful, and I am grateful that so many of you participated. Among the campaign's achievements: 1) Widespread, positive... »
Recently victorious Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama asked people for their input on what his new administration's priorities should be. The National Organization for Women and other feminist groups who have Obama's ear have sent out Action Alerts asking their members to urge Obama to adopt their agendas. The Fatherhood Movement does not have Obama's... »
Recently Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent out an email asking for "your input and your ideas" on how the GOP can recover from its November electoral defeat and "improve moving forward." The most obvious answer to this is that the Republicans need to embrace shared parenting and family law... »
"According to Dr. Donald Dutton, author of Rethinking Domestic Violence, research shows that domestic violence is actually more common in lesbian relationships than in heterosexual relationships. "For example, one study of 1,100 lesbian or bisexual women who are in abusive lesbian relationships found that the women were more likely to have experienced violence in... »
In my recent post The Dumbest Obama-Bashing I've Heard Yet--with a Dose of Anti-Semitism, Too, I wrote: As a minor aside, Hitler was no socialist, and the Nazis backed up the traditional power of the German industrialists against the working class, who supported the German Communists and Social Democrats. Hitler's main political enemy in Germany... »
Excerpted from Playboy Playmate fights husband for custody of Chihuahua (Examiner.com, 11/17/08): The subject of a bitter custody battle between a Playboy model and her husband is their Chihuahua, Bonnie. March 2008 Playmate, Ida Ljungqvist, is being accused by her estranged husband, Joshua R. Lang, of wrongfully taking the pooch when she split on September... »
I wrote about this in June but I watched this movie with my daughter again the other night and the touching father-daughter scene between Flint and Penny Marko (pictured) really struck me. Then again, I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. The hard luck Marko is a none-too-bright small-time thug who steals to pay for... »
A few notes from recent radio appearances: I recently discussed Madonna's divorce on The Ron Smith Show on WBAL AM 1090 in Baltimore. One of the points Smith made is that the divorce system so often separates fathers from their children that it's a lousy bet for a man to get married these days. Since you can... »
In my May blog post Teacher Forces 'the Only Friend the Five-Year-Old Boy Has Ever Made' to Denounce Him Publicly, I covered the Alex Barton (pictured) case. According to one news report: Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. After each... »
"Feminism is a favorite whipping girl...feminist women are, indeed, not born feminist. But this does beg the question, doesn't it..? --why do they become feminist? "I can't speak for all feminist women; no one can speak for all feminist women...However, I can state with confidence that many of the factors that drove me from a... »
I very much doubt this was a scientific survey, but The Tyra Banks Show survey's finding that "50 percent acknowledge that they’ve hit someone" is worth noticing. It's also worth noticing how The Today Show didn't find this aspect of the study to be worth noticing. It's women's violence, so of course... »
More female criminal justice discount. Bail amounts vary with jurisdictions, but I have a hard time believing that a man who was accused of committing these crimes--or even a portion of them--would be let out on a mere $25,000 bail. Still, she might end up doing some hard time over her alleged crimes--after all, her... »
The news story Why Japan's isolated mothers are killing their children (The Age , 11/8/08) has so many outrageously revealing quotes about the pro-mother/anti-father bias that it's hard to know where to begin. Quote #1--"oung mothers feel acutely isolated from their community and receive no support from uninvolved or abusive husbands...In a moment of quiet... »
"It happened as the coffin was being loaded into a hearse. "Relatives said two deputies dressed in coats and ties grabbed Russ and kneed him in his back before Tasering him. One deputy's gun fell out of its holster... "Russ, 42, had failed to surrender after being charged with threatening his ex-wife who lives in... »
From Family keeps power, disabled daughter alive (News-Herald, 11/14/08): HILAND PARK — A family on the brink of losing their electricity, vital to the survival of their 5-year-old daughter, received enough donations by Friday morning to pay their overdue Gulf Power bill and keep the power on. The Duncans owed about $2,000 to Gulf Power, and... »
From Girl, 16, who throws knuckleball, drafted by Japanese pro team (Associated Press, 11/18/08): TOKYO -- The knuckleball -- the fluttering, hard-to-hit pitch that's rare in the major leagues -- is propelling a 16-year-old girl to the pros in Japan. Eri Yoshida was inspired to learn how to throw the knuckler after seeing a video of... »
From www.Slate.com: "Brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I'm one of them." -- President-elect Barack Obama Huh? Yes, perhaps young males--including young African-American males--could use some lessons in decorum,... »
When it comes to reporting on child support and so-called "deadbeat dads," normally intelligent reporters generally suffer an IQ drop of about 25 points. Whereas they would normally question anything that comes from a government official's mouth, if the first words are "child support," their brains shut off. Bristol Herald Courier reporter Michael Owens is... »
The article doesn't have a lot of details, but what's there is good--actress Reese Witherspoon (pictured) says she respects and protects the relationship between ex-husband Ryan Phillippe and their two children. Excerpted from Reese Witherspoon Shares Kids With Ryan Phillippe Over Holidays (Associated Press, 11/1/708): Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe's divorce was made final in June. Reese... »
Excerpted from Man pays for county mistake: He lands in jail and loses job over wrong ID in support case (Patriot-News, 11/16/08): When Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. signed for a certified letter from Dauphin County Domestic Relations in 2001, he didn't know he was signing on for a seven-year nightmare. Since then, the Philadelphia man has... »
"Hilmar points to events surrounding the election of Barack Hussein Obama as reminiscent of the way the Nazi regime came to power." Tom Horn, CEO of Anomalos Publishing, recently sent out the mailing "Former Hitler Youth to Appear on The Savage Nation with Michael Savage to Discuss Similarities Between President-Elect Obama and the Rise of... »
Glenn's E-Newsletter/Week in Review (11/17/08): Protester Jolly Stanesby Jailed, DART Campaign Update, Madonna's Appalling Divorce Behavior Hero Father Jolly Stanesby Jailed for Protest "When one man says 'No', all Rome begins to tremble."--Spartacus, gladiator and leader of the largest slave rebellion in ancient history Jolly Stanesby, a divorced father of one, has carried out numerous daring, creative... »
"When one man says 'No', all Rome begins to tremble."--Spartacus, gladiator and leader of the largest slave rebellion in ancient history Jolly Stanesby, a divorced father of one, has carried out numerous daring, creative protests. He handcuffed himself to the English anti-father "Children's" Minister Margaret Hodge at a family law conference in Salford in November,... »
A couple weeks ago Terri, a reader, was commenting on the sexual harassment issue and whether women like male attention or not. She posted this comment on my blog: Alas, my days are long past and I miss them but I don't begrudge other young women their time in the sun. The comment caught my eye... »
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