The Journal
Gender
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Mohler Men Could Have Ruled Over A House Of Horrors
But I seriously doubt it. Six male members of the Mohler family in Missouri have been charged with various sexual offences after being accused of raping and sodomising a group of children over many years. Such…
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Maine and Marriage
A referendum in the US state of Maine has rejected homosexual marriage. There are five states in the US in which homosexual couples’ co-habitation can legally become a marriage. In the majority of those, the necessary…
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NSW Dept of Community Services Stuffs Up Again
A twelve year old girl has given birth to a baby boy after having become pregnant to her fifteen year old live -in boy friend. Live in boyfriend? Yes. The girl lives with her mother, who…
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Maryam and Marzieh
Maryam and Marzieh are Christian women. They are from Islamic families. They live in Iran. So of course, they are in jail. They are denied medical care or contact with the outside world. One of the…
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Daycare Makes Children Fat
A study of more than 12, 000 British children between the ages of seven and nine has found that children who spend large amounts of time in daycare because both parents (or a sole parent) work, are significantly more…
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Sexist Ads
The two major Australian grocery retailers are both currently running offensively sexist ads. The Coles ad is the less offensive of the two. ‘You shouldn’t be taxed for being a woman’ it says. So Coles will…
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No Gayness For Guru
Last week India passed legislation decriminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults. This has not been entirely popular. The world’s most popular guru, Swami “Baba” Ramdev, (he has an international TV audience numbering about 85 million) has said a number…
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Was Obama Checking Out A 17 Year Old’s Backside?
A picture has been circulating around the web over the last few days which seems to show President Obama stealing a longing look at a 17 year old girl’s rear end. I don’t think Obama is…
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Sarah Palin To Resign As Alaska Governor
Maybe she is looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election. Good luck to her if so. She has vastly more experience of real life and of running things, making decisions and managing budgets that work than…
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Two Interesting Articles
One by Dennis Prager on the cowardice of Hollywood, and why you should go and see The Stoning Of Soraya M. And one by Christina Hoff Summers (and yes the articles are related) on the entrenched…
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Fascinating And Sad
That could be the headline for a story about Michael Jackson, but it isn’t. There is an interesting and moving story here of the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz. In August 1943, the Austrian musician Alma Rose…
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Children At Work, Infants In The Senate
Kathy and I cared for foster children over a number of years, including babies and toddlers. I well understand the diffculties of blending work and the responsibilities of caring for children. There are a number of worksplaces and…
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Wives Becoming More Violent?
I seriously doubt it. This article in today’s Australian points to a 159% increase in the number of women facing dometic violence charges over the last eight years as an indicator that women are becoming more…
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They Got Her In The End
But Carrie Prejean is still a lady: I worked in good faith to meet my responsibilities as Miss California USA. I have met every scheduled appearance, and responsibility, as recently as May 31st. I have followed…
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Five Untruths Liberals Like To Believe About Themselves
John Hawkins has written a great article at Townhall about five myths liberals believe about themselves. Here they are, in summary form: 1. Liberals are pro-women. Liberals are pro-women as they as women know their place and have the…
