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That's Grounds for Annullment?

Not understanding what you're doing is good enough? Wow, the Vatican's about to get deluged with "A" requests: > A Manhattan judge has annulled the marriage of a physician-businessman who treated Argentina's Juan and Eva Peron, saying the man did not understand

The Bizarro St. Joseph

> [A] businessman and father of three heads out for a day of fishing, never to return. > The police cannot find a body or solve the case, and eventually they file a death certificate. His business fails, his wife remarries, the kids grow up, his family moves on. >

The State Wrecked Marriage?

A libertarian weighs in on the marriage debate. It's not the most entertaining piece we've read today, but it attacks the issue from a different angle (we thought all the angles had been exhausted long ago). Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/vandun3.html]. Excerpt: >

We Can't Wait. We Won't Wait

The culture's obsession with control and certainty ploughs foward: > Is it a girl or a boy? It's the first question every new mother asks. And the answer can now be given almost from the moment a woman finds out that she is pregnant. > A

Another Study Confirms Common Sense

> Women working full-time are 29 per cent more likely to get divorced than those who stay at home and raise children. > Research to be published this week in the European Sociological Review finds that the probability of divorce is in direct correlation to the number of hours a

2002 Pregnancy Rates Released

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the 2002 pregnancy rates. For the most part, the news is depressing. MSN Link [http://family.msn.com/tool/article.aspx?dept=baby&sdept=bpc&name=bc_041105_usbirths&GT1=6434] . Excerpts: > The big news from the

Agreeing with a Pro-Gay Op-Ed

It's not often that we agree with a New York Times op-ed, much less a NYT op-ed in support of gay marriage. But here's one that has us nodding, at least most of the time. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/opinion/05coontz.html?

Not Sure How We Missed This

First pets, now dolls: > As Japan produces fewer children and more retirees, toymakers are designing new dolls designed not for the young but for the lonely and elderly–companions which can sleep next to them and offer caring words they may never hear otherwise. > Talking toys have become

Korean Wife Beaters

Mildly interesting article in The Korea Times about troubled marriages between Korean men and Filipina women. Basically, it appears that Korean men tend to abuse the wives. Link [http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?terms=Korean+wives+code%3A+kt&path=hankooki3%2Ftimes%2Flpage%2Fspecial%2F200507%2Fkt2005070320064567650.

Stupid and Pregnant?

This reminds us of that H2 (horrible yet humorous) joke: Q. What do you call a woman with a brain? A. Pregnant with a son. Needless to say (hopefully), Eric Scheske holds women, especially his long-suffering and saintly wife, in considerably higher regard. Which is why we found this article