At the TownHall, Michael Medved asks “What constitutes the essence of modern liberalism?“. The rhetoric of today’s left shows that they see society divided between the privileged and the powerless, the favored and the unfortunate, victors and victims. Liberals feel an irresistible instinct to take sides with the less fortunate. While the right wants to…
Category: Society
Mandatory Vaccinations
Yesterday Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order that mandates a new 3-step vaccination for pre-teen girls. One would assume that there is a medical crisis either in play or in the making for Perry to do an end-run around public debate in the Texas legislature, right? So what is it that’s such a…
Adoption and Biology
Alan Sears at TownHall.com says that some of Utah’s courts are “often more preoccupied with political correctness than parental rights” by favoring biologically unrelated persons. Indeed, a great injustice was nearly committed in this case: …the lower court judges, who assigned a Commissioners and a guardian ad litem to represent the child’s interests and evaluate…
Lost Boys
Debbie Schlussel says that only 43% of college students are male these days. It’s kind of obvious why. Women are pushed to succeed–with discriminatory, sexist scholarships, affirmative action, and any number of other programs deeming them an “under-represented” minority, when with 57% of the student body, they are anything but. Then, there are the cultural…
Self Esteem: the Gift that Stunts Growth
Polimom says that she’s worried about her daughter and whether she’s been given too much self-esteem. She says: It’s not just the parents, and it’s not just schools or academics, either. If your kid has ever been on a non-scholastic youth sports team (out here in Katy, soccer comes to mind…), you’ll recognize this: Since…
Abortion Wars
I’ve been contemplating the latest Time.com article titled “The Grassroots Abortion War” for a while, wondering if it was worth commenting on. I was about to let it go when I wondered on a whim what Planned Parenthood’s budget looked like in terms of government funding. This subject is probably covered extensively in conservative blogs,…
Rape, a New Definition
A recent Time article begins thusly: If a woman consents to having sex with a man but then during intercourse says no, and the man continues, is it rape? The answer depends on where you live. The highest courts of seven states, including Connecticut and Kansas, have ruled that a woman may withdraw her consent…
Apologies for Slavery
USA Today says that Virginia lawmakers are going on the record as having “profound regret” over the state’s slavery-tinged history. And Polimom, a Houston-area blogger, says: The truth is that all of those caveats and concerns have nothing whatsoever to do with why there should be an apology. I think the collective American consciousness is…
Abortion, the Right to Kill
It’s a Liberal Issue Democrats embrace abortion as a political issue because it’s one that can bring in a high percentage of votes in a particular demographic: the liberal female vote. For Dems it’s a no-brainer – abortion may be the only issue that they have the popular vote on their side. They milk it…
Health, Ethics, and Stem Cell Research
Everyone wants to live longer, healthier lives, don’t they? Actually, no, most Americans don’t care enough about their quality of life to take the steps needed to maintain and improve their physical well-being. Call it anecdotal evidence if you want to but this claim seems self-evident: people say they care about their own bodies but…