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Child Advocate Reported to Police

Common sense is a border-line crime in homosexual-sensitive Britain: > Lynette Burrows, an author on children's rights and a family campaigner, took part in a discussion on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Radio Five Live about the new civil partnerships act. > During the programme, she

Therapy for Terrorists

Hey, therapy did wonders for the Catholic pedophiles: > Terrorist suspects under house arrest [in Australia] will be sent to anger management school, given psychological counselling and offered training and education in a bid to turn them from violence. Link [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17536306-2,

Say "Good-Bye" to Blondes

A picture is worth a thousand words: A map of the Earth that shows countries by the size of their populations [http://www.odt.org/Pictures/poplcart.jpg].

They're Not the Same

> Just like human boys and girls, male monkeys like to play with toy cars while female monkeys prefer dolls, a research project has shown. > This intriguing discovery is one of many signs of deep-rooted behavioral differences between the sexes that scientists are exploring with the latest tools

I'm in Good Company

Dalrymple more or less agrees with my column on Catholic Exchange yesterday [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=31066]: > Unfortunately, [George Best's soccer] abilities began to decline as he started to live the high life. He was at his peak

The Spread of the Oxymoron

A survey of gay marriage around the globe [http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/051204034933.6vavx6e8.html]. It's woefully incomplete, but still interesting. Summary: The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Spain and (later this month) Britain: Recognize gay marriages. South Africa: Highest court has ordered parliament to recognize gay marriage.

Another Wedge between Child and Parent

A California court has ruled that a girl has a cause of action for violation of privacy when her school tells her parents that she's gay. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/education/02schools.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1133528755-d/ntkfWld8r45DlgbMrs/A] . Excerpt: >

What Happened in Canada

A lawyer friend in Canada explains the historic events in Canada last night. I found it useful: > It's all ancient parliamentary tradition. A minority government is one that has less than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons. (With four major parties, the situation is

Demure About Kasparov

This month's Atlantic Monthly has a piece about Garry Kasparov. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200512/kasparov]. It talks about his political goals for Russia and Putin's alleged corruption. Excerpt from concluding paragraphs: > As we left the restaurant after the press conference,

Pharm Land

Joe Queenan reviews Generation Rx [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/books/review/20queenan.html] at the New York Times. Excerpt: > Generation Rx contends that large drug companies have co-opted the federal government, seduced the medical establishment and mesmerized a temperamentally supine public into taking far more