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The Media’s “Big Lie”
February 16, 2010 The Media's "Big Lie" Over the years, the public has grown increasingly skeptical of the media, and for good reason. Surveys over the past 30 years have consistently found that journalists - especially those at the highest ranks of their...
Living a Nightmare
February 9, 2010 Living a Nightmare The worst nightmare for any parent is the thought of losing a child. For Isaac and Rebecca May this nightmare has become a reality. After complications with their son, Isaiah's, birth the May family has experienced one trial...
CULTURAL AND LEGAL CONFUSION SURROUND HOMOSEXUALITY
February 2, 2010 CULTURAL AND LEGAL CONFUSION SURROUND HOMOSEXUALITY Many nations of the world find themselves struggling with the consequences of having instituted same-sex marriage or are mired in the debate over this controversial assault on family and marriage. ...
The Tragedy of “Bare Branches”
January 26, 2010 The Tragedy of "Bare Branches" China's economy may be booming, but there's a shortage looming...not enough females. A new study conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences warns that China will have a bride shortage of 24 million by the...
Feminist Claim Legalizing Prostitution Will Eliminate Sex Trafficking
January 19, 2010 Feminist Claim Legalizing Prostitution Will Eliminate Sex Trafficking US President Barack Obama declared January 2010 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and asked everyone to recommit themselves to ending the modern practice of...
Is the “Gay Rights” Movement a Civil Rights Movement?
January 12, 2010 Is the "Gay Rights" Movement a Civil Rights Movement? You've heard the arguments. "Homosexuals are an oppressed minority just like racial minorities or women." "The gay rights movement is the new civil rights movement." "Homophobia isequivalent to...
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Right to Live
By Ally Fife Recently, a woman in her twenties who had suffered sexual abuse as a child, was given a lethal injection at her own request to die. Her psychiatrists and doctors all felt it was in her best interest that she be allowed to choose this eternal sleep,...
Capitalism 1, Forced Minimum Wage Earners 0.
by Rebecca Mallory Well that was quick! I never planned such a quick follow up to my post on this subject just a few weeks ago. But no sooner did the government kowtow to the demands of minimum wage lobbyists than the free market took over, as it always does, and...
The Yes to Sex App and the Problems of Promiscuity
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...
Monkey see, Monkey do
Sexual content and violence on TV and the potential effect it has on our kids. by Cinthia Jahnsen We all have been there. The awkward moment where we feel that what we are watching on television, or at the movies is not appropriate for our kids. (OrUS for that...
Good Begets Good
by Erin Weist There is a saying that my husband and I use regularly in our home that we’ve learned from having kids: sleep begets sleep. As naive parents we thought that if our baby or toddler missed a nap it would make him extra tired so he’d sleep really, really...
Working with Unreasonable People?
by Annalise Jarman You have probably heard that every family has at least one crazy person, and if you don’t think your family has one, it’s probably you, right? The saying makes me laugh, but it’s kind of true. At the very least, we will all have to work with someone...