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Jennie Chancey | September 9, 2011
A thought-provoking post from Doug Phillips’s blog: Educational methodology, or pedagogy, is not neutral. For thousands of years, men have debated over educational methodology. All of these debates have centered around issues like “What is the true nature of the child?”; “What are the true goals of education?”; “What is the role of the state [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
And now for something encouraging, heartening, and motivating: The economies of the world around us rise and fall, corporations come and go, but we are hopeful and excited about the future of the family economy. Families around America are beginning to see the vision for work and economics that existed for over 4,000 years – [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
We’ve posted about the wage-gap myth before, but here’s another good piece on this controversial issue: The National Economic Council report “Jobs and Economic Security for America’s Women” recites some of the many ways the Obama administration is getting jobs for women. The report promises that President Obama “is committed to continuing the push for [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
This cogent letter to the editor highlights a startling fact that you aren’t going to hear in the mainstream news: Planned Parenthood’s own research demonstrates that greater contraceptive use does not reduce abortion. We’ve said it before: “Follow the money.” PP stands to make millions of dollars (including out of the taxpayer’s pocket) as the [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
K. V. Sridhar of India’s Business Daily has posted a pointed commentary about sex-selective abortion and the “ideal family” in India: A look at India’s census reveals a country obsessed by boys and sex-selection laws that no one will enforce. The continuing female feticide explains why the child sex ratio is getting worse. The latest [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
We don’t advocate using hormonal/chemical birth control in any season of life (click on “birth control” in the tag cloud for the full spectrum of articles we’ve posted on this topic). This piece highlights the increased risk of blood clots and stroke for mothers starting on the pill shortly after birth. This risk is certainly [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 6, 2011
There’s a thought-provoking piece over on Mercatornet about people choosing to divorce because they “fell out of love”: The news that “falling out of love” is now the number one reason for divorce in the UK stirred a memory in me of the late Sir Harry Secombe, singing in the voice of his Goon Show [...]
