Family

Further taking control of the uncontrollable and thereby further screwing everything up: > Young career women will soon be routinely freezing their eggs so they can have children after their fertility has declined, experts are predicting. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4586838.stm]

Pushy parents and dog parents combine: > A fame academy for pets has been set up in Germany where talented animals get the chance to sing, dance and play musical instruments.

In the upcoming issue of Touchstone, Allan Carlson offers six lessons he has learned about the family [http://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=19-01-023-f]. Lesson One: The family issues never change. Lesson Two: While the underlying family issues never change, the “pro-family” political party does. Lesson Three: Social engineering

The Washington Times is running a 5-part series about America's aging problem. Today's paper has the first installment [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051225-115325-9987r.htm]. Excerpt (talking about paying for Social Security and other age "entitlements"): > Tough choices > The basic options are:

> "Polygamy rights is the next civil rights battle." So goes the motto of a Christian pro-polygamy organization that has been watching the battle over homosexual "marriage" rights with keen interest. > "We're coming. We are next. There's no doubt about

> People in committed relationships are happier than people who aren't, and married people may be the happiest of all. > A new study shows people who are married report the highest levels of well-being, regardless of whether they are happily married or not. > "Even when

We did a McLuhanite experiment with our three oldest boys. They had been spending increasing hours playing X-Box and Gameboy, despite our standard restrictions. There was always an excuse: friends coming over, cousins in town, etc. Their behavior became wretched, so we banned all games for a week, then re-imposed