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Roe v. Wade for Men

My weekly column at Catholic Exchange [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=32246] offers an extended analysis of Roe v. Wade for Men, if you care to check it out. Excerpt: > The feminists are opposing Roe v. Wade for Men. I suspect

Roe v. Wade for Men

I assume everyone has heard about the Roe v. Wade for Men lawsuit in Michigan. If not, here's the story [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1702992&page=1]. I haven't kept up with the banter much, so what I say here might

VM

> "'It's disgusting," she said. "The play defines women as their sexual organs." That's one conservative woman who is fed up with the Vagina Monologues. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701842_pf.html] . It&

Transsexuals and Acceptance

My latest at CE [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=32169].

Fat Kids Everywhere

> Nearly half of all Western Hemisphere kids will be overweight by 2010, the International Obesity Task Force report says in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/60660.htm]. Well, we can't have that. I guess we'll

A Few Good Muslims

David Warren congratulates a handful of intelligent Muslims who are challenging their religion's fanatics [http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?artID=578] . It takes courage and resilience. Excerpt from conclusion: > Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, many thousand other barbaric acts have been

Trans(con)fusion

> A Knoxville firefighter claims she's being discriminated against because she used to be a man. > Fire Capt. Jamie Faucon has filed a grievance against Knoxville Fire Chief Carlos Perez and her supervisor, Mark Foulkes. > She accuses them of depriving her of a take-home car, of

Identity Soup

Hey, those frogs have some character, after all: > More than 200 political demonstrators defied a police ban here on Thursday, scurrying across Boulevard St.-Germain and under the sycamore trees of Place Maubert to engage in their forbidden action: eating "pig soup" in public. > With steaming

Mammoth Cave

You want to take your family to Mammoth Cave [http://www.mammothcave.com/]? Sorry, no babies allowed, unless you want to carry them in your arms. New security regulations don't allow any baby backpacks. My wife called, and they said "no exceptions." That rules out my

Mexican Decadence

> When Mexican freelance journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho published a book last year exposing a paedophile ring, she was warned by friends and colleagues that she would run into trouble. > It did not take long for their warnings to come true. She was arrested by the