Oh boy, speaking of depressing news, we now have this: The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says. “The words in the old form were ”˜mother’ … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s post on the couple who met while married to others, fell in love, left their spouses, got married, and then had the whole thing written up in the NY Times generated a lot of chat in the comments section … Continue reading →
A number of years ago, the NY Times added a special feature to its previously rather staid engagement and wedding announcement pages. It was called “Vows,” and featured an in-depth look at a particular marrying couple. Usually the stories have … Continue reading →
I almost hesitate to write about this topic anymore, it unleashes such a storm of vitriol. But here are some facts to ponder about marriage and children (from the recent Pew study I previously discussed here): Only 64 percent [of … Continue reading →
Marriage as an institution seems to be fading, and people know it. But that doesn’t mean they don’t still want it for themselves. A recent Time/Pew poll found that “although 44% of Americans under 30 believe marriage is heading for … Continue reading →
Even the left appears to have fallen out of love with Obama, and wonders how and why it all went wrong. Read as Tom Junod tries to puzzle it out in Esquire: Though many Americans didn’t know very much about … Continue reading →
Busy day today! I’ve got a new piece up at RightNetwork, a little change of pace from the election. It’s about the TLC program “Sister Wives,” a reality show that features a Utah man and his four wives. To whet … Continue reading →
New York candidate Carl Paladino proves just how politically incorrect he is when he made remarks critical of gays and gay marriage, provoking a firestorm of outrage. Paladino’s statement will probably lose him votes rather than gain them. Nor is … Continue reading →
…[drum roll please]: dancers and choreographers. At first this puzzled me. But then I realized that (duh!), although the photo is of ballet dancers, exotic/erotic dancers fall into this category, too. Which would explain a lot.
Continue reading →The NY Times interviews some couples who find themselves in mixed marriages of the political variety. Note that, in the marriages described in the article, it’s the woman who’s the liberal and the man who’s the conservative. This ties in … Continue reading →
Now if that’s not a provocative title, I don’t know what is. At issue: a tape of O’Donnell from 1996 that opponents dredged up and which was then aired by Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show. It features O’Donnell speaking … Continue reading →
In an effort to boost my traffic, I am writing about breasts today. Small breasts. But breasts nonetheless As did the NY Times recently, in a piece about a new trend: lingerie stores that cater to and celebrate the less-endowed … Continue reading →