Sarah Palin asks President Obama…
…an excellent question. (And if anyone doesn’t know what comment of Maher’s she might be referring to, see this.)
Continue reading →Category Archives: Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex
Limbaugh and the “slut” remark
You may notice I haven’t yet written anything about Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Sandra Fluke’s sex life and the issue of compensation to pay for contraception, and the furor they’ve caused. Why? Because I don’t write much about Rush Limbaugh, … Continue reading →
Over 50% of births to mothers under 30 are outside marriage
What a sad milestone: After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage…The fastest growth in the last … Continue reading →
Getting to know Santorum
Rick Santorum’s surge doesn’t puzzle me. It’s his turn at being the non-Romney frontrunner. By saying that I don’t mean to put him down, but it’s hard to avoid the pattern that’s been emerging: Romney is the supposed “annointed one” … Continue reading →
Child-rearing in the 21st century
What hath progress wrought? Free to be you and me. I’m old enough to remember the rigid boundaries that these movements were supposed to be correcting, and I’m glad the worst of them have been removed. But it’s been an … Continue reading →
New judicial ruling on gay marriage ban
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld, by a vote of 2-1, a judge’s lower court ruling that California’s “Proposition 8 ”” a response to an earlier state court decision that legalized gay marriage ”” was a violation … Continue reading →
No one knows what really goes on in a marriage…
…writes
Continue reading →Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s kids…
…appear to have a good deal more sense than their mom and dad. Gives you some faith in the next generation, doesn’t it?
Continue reading →The history of “women and children first”
I’ve got an article up today at PJ with some background on the old (actually, not all that old) “women and children first” rule in maritime disasters. Please click on the link and read the article first, and then come … Continue reading →
It seems that in Italy…
…the statute of limitations on affairs never runs out.
Continue reading →Love found…
…and lost, and… A great story-song from the late Harry Chapin:
Continue reading →Women and humor
After Christopher Hitchens’ death I went back and re-read a couple of his old essays, including this one on women and humor (or their lack thereof). It’s written in his trademark style: witty, self-assured, and breezy; the musings of a … Continue reading →