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Oct 31, 20142 min read
Potential book reviews; Singles Article in Federalist
Okay, I’m scrambling again to keep up with this blog. When I travel, I generally get behind in stuff. But I do plan to do a couple of...
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Oct 14, 20146 min read
"Singles' Rights" Goal of Abolishing Marriage Would Impose Legal Isolation on Everyone
Last week a singles’ rights activist wrote up what she claimed was a critique of my recent Federalist article called Welcome to Selfie...
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Sep 25, 20142 min read
Our Selfies, Our Selves
Married folks account for ever smaller numbers of the American demographic, now at 50.3 percent, contrasting with a high of 72.2 percent...
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Sep 16, 20142 min read
Singleton Nation
Check out the above chart that was published last week in a Bloomberg News article about a growing trend among Americans to stay single...
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Sep 12, 20141 min read
"The Giver" is Worth Seeing and it's Still in Theaters
Play the trailer below to get a faint idea as to how Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver was adapted for the screen. The setting is a dystopian...
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Sep 10, 20144 min read
Licensing Parents?
"Imagine you cannot raise your own child without special permission from the state. In this matrix, getting permission means getting a...
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Aug 8, 20142 min read
What is a Human? -- Part III
If you’re a reasonable person, you probably don’t mind engaging on a topic that involves the reality of things. Facts are within this...
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Aug 6, 20142 min read
What is a Human?
“What is a Woman?” is the title of a very recent feature about transgenderism in New Yorker Magazine. It focuses on a bitter debate...
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Jul 29, 20143 min read
With Big "Borg" Government, Resistance isn't Futile. Submission is Futile.
The Borg's stated goal is utopian: to "achieve perfection." It greets its victims by saying "Resistance is futile." Sounds a little bit...
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Jul 9, 20142 min read
Are we Headed to a Future Claiming "All your Children Belong to Us?"
Where are we headed? Looks like a pretty dystopian future, which should be obvious to anyone who’s been paying attention. For a...
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Jul 3, 20142 min read
The Tank Man: A Study in Courage
Here’s something to think about on the Fourth of July. It’s been 25 years since the demonstrations for democracy in Tiananmen Square...
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Jun 25, 20142 min read
The Transgender Movement Redefines the Humanity of Us All
Have you thought about what will happen if we erase all gender distinctions in the law? That question is the basis of my recent...
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Jun 18, 20142 min read
Good Fathers Never Die. They Love Beyond the Grave.
Father’s Day might be behind us for this year, but the impact of fatherhood is always huge, and it runs very deep. In my latest...
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May 22, 20142 min read
Social Media, Loneliness, and Isolation
Two recent articles in the Federalist are related to this blog’s theme of “relationships, power, and freedom.” Both articles are packed...
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May 7, 20142 min read
How Personal Relationships Threaten the Power of the State
Have you noticed a recent push to keep single people single? It’s out there. Click here for my latest essay at The Federalist: “How...
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Apr 30, 20142 min read
"The Doctor-Patient Relationship IS the Practice of Medicine"
I was so pleased when a friend sent my way this Wall Street Journal op-ed written by a physician who spells it out: Obamacare is...
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