We don’t know what the Zimmerman jury will decide, but I have long felt apprehensive about both this jury’s size and its makeup (all women). I have little doubt that the first factor—the jury’s small size (6) is responsible for … Continue reading →
As expected, the Texas House has passed legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks and placing other restrictions on the operation of abortion clinics, restrictions that supporters say are intended to protect women’s health and will not close down many or … Continue reading →
For biological reasons, men and women are inherently unequal when it comes to their roles in becoming parents. To be exact, women become pregnant and give birth and men don’t, and those differences are likely to remain into the foreseeable … Continue reading →
On the significance of the DOMA decision, Charles Krauthammer says exactly what I was thinking, only he says it better.
Continue reading →Both the DOMA and Prop 8 decisions ended up favoring gay marriage advocates, but SCOTUS avoided ruling on gay marriage itself at all. The DOMA decision focused on whether the federal government, by an act of Congress that denied federal … Continue reading →
I confess I haven’t yet read Helen Smith’s book Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters, but it sounds fascinating. I’m quite familiar with Helen Smith’s work in general … Continue reading →
The Hamms’ divorce makes “The War of the Roses” look like a love fest. Lessons, anyone? (1) For the rich and especially the mega-rich: pre-nups are your friend. (2) If he/she will cheat with you, he/she is likely to cheat … Continue reading →
…was a 35-year-old pregnant sometime-actress and mother of five who was trying to frame the husband who had initiated divorce proceedings against her? Egad. You can’t make this stuff up. Well, maybe you can, if you’re a grade-B movie writer. … Continue reading →
And now for something completely different. You may not have heard of it but there are some women who claim to have orgasms during birth. Not their birth, that is; while giving birth to their babies. Each seems equally improbable, … Continue reading →
Actually, I wouldn’t recommend marrying a twice-murdering psychopath, but my advice has not been solicited. Note that the prospective bride, Leydi Figueroa Uceda, seems to have a pattern of prison romance. The couple is planning a June wedding, if authorities … Continue reading →
Prostate cancer and breast cancer have a lot in common, although they’re very different as well. The first affects men only, and the second almost entirely women (although about one in a hundred breast cancer patients are men, a fact … Continue reading →
To me the most interesting thing—and probably the only interesting thing—about NBA basketball player Jason Collins’ announcement that he’s gay, has been ex-fiance Carolyn Moos’ statement that she hadn’t a clue about it in the 8 years she’d dated (and … Continue reading →