Tag Archives: Society

While answering a question from a caller to his “Morning in America” radio show last Wednesday (9/28), former Education Secretary William J. Bennett took issue with the hypothesis put forth in the book Freakonomics that one reason crime is down is that abortion was legalized, reducing the number of unwanted …

If there is hope of another option, a legal one, don't you think that most of them would rather go that route?

What has become of the Hollywood beauty? Before, these beauties lit up the screen as if they were born to be on it. Nowadays, film is littered with a different kind of beauty – the one cast just because of how she looks. No offense to Jessica Alba or Jessica …

Most American parents, and kids for that matter, have accepted the vital importance of auto child safety seats for babies and young children: it’s the law of the land and you can’t even take a newborn home from the hospital without producing an approved baby pod. But when kids outgrow …

In this era of Internet-based, narrowcast dating services, one individual is taking a decidedly retro, wide-net approach to to finding that special someone. Dean Morrow, a 44-year-old Orange County, California investment banker has put up a billboard in Los Angeles at the corner of La Cienega and Santa Monica Blvd., …

Disneyland and The Mickey Mouse Club share their 50th anniversaries in 2005, and 10 of the original Mouseketeers are returning to Disneyland on Monday, October 3, to celebrate the golden milestone (I’m not sure which 10, however, hmm). In a ceremony in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, the Mouseketeers will …

When we've got a mayor who's doing a pretty good job, we hesitate to kick him out.

Before blaming anyone for their deficiencies, perhaps we need to look in a mirror?

The UN human rights framework is a good place to start in making value judgments about cultural practices.

If you have any respect for my feelings, avoid the use of the "L" word. I'd appreciate it.