The Supremes to Hear New Abortion Case

On Wednesday, in their first abortion case in five years, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a New Hampshire parental notification law. New Hampshire imposes a 48-hour waiting period after the required notice to at least one parent. The law allows for an exception if the mother’s life is in immediate physical danger. [...]

Abortionist: "I am destroying life so that women are born again."

As many of you know, I tend to lean towards to the Pro-Life side of things. Rich is Pro-Choice. I disagree with the concept of abortion, but I am understanding, and I recognize that my view is my view, alone. On this important and sensitive issue, I cannot impose my opinion on all Americans, nor [...]

Ohio State Opens "African American Male Resource Center"

“Ohio State has taken on a new initiative in further incorporating minority students into college life. The African American Male Resource Center is the first of its kind on Ohio State’s campus that caters specifically to black males, said program manager Eric Troy.
“We want every black male on this campus to know that [...]

Apartheid Schooling in America

Jonathan Kozol is writer who has devoted his life to exploring the effects of race on education and social equality. He has a new book entitled, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America. He gave an interview with Tavis Smiley the other night and it was one of [...]

Quote of the Day: W.E.B. DuBois

“The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife,–this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, for America has too [...]

Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism

A few years ago, I purchased a hilarious but brutally accurate cartoon book regarding U.S. war history/policy. The book is called “Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can’t Kick Militarism.” Both the full text and the cartoons are available online.

The book paints a picture of a nation lost in a moral morass, profiting immensely [...]

Talkin’ Out of Both Sides of Their Mouths: "The New White Flight"

Intellectual Insurgent put me onto an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about a California city where ultra-competitive Asian students are driving white students–and their families–out of the city, in search of more liberal arts, athletics and free time.
“Whites aren’t quitting the schools because the schools are failing academically. Quite the contrary: Many [...]

What’s Wrong With a Back Massage and Some Fried Chicken?: The Lonely Feminist (Part Deux)

The National Fatherhood Initiative recently released a study, “With This Ring,” that found that women who married in their mid-20s had more successful marriages than women who married in their teens, or later in life.
“Success was measured by a combination of stability and happiness. Teen brides, as is well known, are not likely to [...]

Quote of the Day: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (Never Forget)

“On one of these [slave] sale days, I saw a mother lead seven children to the auction-block. She knew that some of them would be taken from her; but they took all. The children were sold to a slave-trader, and their mother was bought by a man in her own town. Before night her children [...]

New HIV Infections Decline for Blacks, Increase for Gays

“The rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections among African Americans has dropped an average of 5% a year for three years, but blacks are still 8.4 times as likely as whites to contract the lethal virus, said a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.
The rate of new diagnoses among gay [...]