The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) is in grave jeopardy due to huge problems with the general credibility of the alleged victim. She’s lied repeatedly—mostly about drug and immigration-related matters, but also about how soon after the alleged attack she … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a reprint of an old post of mine. I thought that it would be an interesting one to revisit, in the light of the spotlight shed on the institution of marriage lately.] Dean Esmay wrote a … Continue reading →
While Americans mull over the passage of a gay marriage law in New York, the decline of the American family and the institution of marriage among heterosexuals—especially less-educated ones—continues, as chronicled in this recent Weekly Standard article by Mitch Pearlstein. … Continue reading →
…the nation? New York has legalized gay marriage in the best way possible: at the state level, by legislation, and with exemptions for “religious organizations to refuse to perform services or lend space for same-sex weddings.” This is far better … Continue reading →
Today’s WSJ featured an op-ed by the president of The Catholic University of America, John Garvey, who writes that the school is fed up with the problems of coed dorms, and is about to go back to the old tried-and-true … Continue reading →
In defending Anthony Weiner, actress Janeane Garofalo is quoted as saying, “Everyone lies about sex.” Leaving aside both Weiner and Garofalo (I trust you’ll thank me for that), is it true—or sorta true, or kinda true—that everyone lies about sex? … Continue reading →
Let’s hope that, in a couple of weeks or even sooner, Anthony Weiner and his sexual antics will have mercifully disappeared from the news and we can get back to fun things like the continual decline of our economy. But … Continue reading →
…it gets worse. Even though it was many decades ago, I remember my first (and only) pregnancy vividly. It’s an exciting and rough time for most women, full of small discomforts, hopes, and fears, and usually marked by a heightened … Continue reading →
Don’t say I never do anything for you. It’s the 2011 “20 hottest conservative women in the new media” contest winners. I’m busy contemplating why I didn’t make the cut. Could it be that the judges consider apples in front … Continue reading →
Apparently, Andrew Breitbart held a little something in abeyance in Weinergate, just in case he might need it. I watched Breitbart on the Hannity show last night, and he made it fairly clear what that “something else” is: a nude … Continue reading →
Well, I guess Weiner’s confession calls for some commentary on my part. So let me just say that: —I still think the original offense[s] itself, although exceedingly smarmy, is a matter between Weiner and his wife (that is, assuming all … Continue reading →
Here’s a touching column on lasting marital love by Tim Muldoon (hat tip: the Anchoress). He writes “But no less intense is the feeling of radical security we have built together: the knowledge that through all things we can count … Continue reading →