http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:09:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the new New York Times article Who Knew I Was Not the Father? (11/22/09), reporter Ruth Padawer portrays veteran paternity fraud crusader Carnell Smith very poorly. Padawer, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, writes: In 2001, after Smith’s own paternity struggle, he formed U.S. Citizens Against ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/23/paternity-fraud-crusader-carnell-smith-responds-to-new-york-times-hatchet-job/ "All in all, we all get along and my daughter has been the beneficiary of this. She is an extremely well adjusted young lady, does well in school, has great relationships with friends, and I can only attribute her adjustment to the relationships that she has been able to have ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/23/mothers-who-share-parenting-my-daughter-has-been-the-beneficiary/ For some time, I’ve made a sport of skewering New York Times articles.  As we say in Texas, it’s like shootin' fish in a barrel – too easy not to do, but nothing to brag about. This article on paternity fraud, however, is almost uniformly excellent, even if it ultimately gives short ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/22/excellent-nyt-article-on-paternity-fraud/ I've written a fair amount about how our legitimate concerns about domestic violence have morphed into state intrusion into our private lives that are, in my opinion, far from legitimate.  In the late 60s and early 70s, feminists rightly raised the issue of domestic violence, pointing out that assault and ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/22/father-spends-three-years-fighting-child-injury-charges/ Here's a video of a speech by Carol Rhodes.  For over 20 years, she was a Friend of the Court in Michigan's 37th Circuit.  That meant that she was part of the court bureaucracy that administered custody, child support and visitation issues.  She's written a book entitled "Friend of the Court, ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/21/carol-rhodes-blows-the-whistle-on-michigans-family-courts/ Jill Berry, head of the Girls School Association of the U.K. caused some excitement last week when she told secondary school girls to be realistic.  Read about it here (Guardian, 11/13/09).  She told girls in private schools that, as they mature, they will face "an unprecedented amount of pressure to ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/21/uk-girls-school-association-head-tells-girls-to-be-realistic/ This is an extract from a letter written by Tony, an adult struggling to come to terms with the abuse he suffered at the hands of his aunt from the age of three.'I know that the experts say that female sexual abuse is rare,' he writes. 'Don't believe it. There ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/21/increased-reports-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-women-may-lead-to-greater-understanding-better-responses/ As it is in the West, so it is in India only worse. This article reports on Indian men's protests on International Men's Day (DNA India, 11/20/09).  In Mumbai, men and women (often second wives) took to the streets holding signs and shouting slogans like these: "Indian male - hapless animal"; "women empowered ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/20/we-are-the-world/ There aren't many invariable rules in life, but I'm pretty sure this is one: if you hear someone say "his lack of presence" when he means "his absence," you're dealing with a bureaucratic mentality, possibly in its terminal stages.  Look out for trouble. Not long ago, according to this article, in ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/20/red-alert-dad-on-campus-release-the-hounds/ A while back, I posted a piece about two separate Canadian surveys that show overwhelming support for equally-shared parenting laws.  Each showed support of around 78%.  At the time (and maybe still), there was a bill before Parliament to establish the presumption of equally shared parenting in divorce and custody ... http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/20/mass-rep-alice-peisch-knows-better-than-her-district-on-equally-shared-parenting/