Study: Traditional Marriages are Happier

“Here are the figures, published in this month’s issue of the journal Social Forces: 52% of wives who don’t work outside the home reported they were “very happy” with their marriages, compared with 41% of wives in the workforce.“
“Lest you think the statistics come out this way because tradition-minded women happen to like tradition-minded wedlock [...]

Why I don’t like South Dakota’s all encompassing abortion ban

Here’s the thing about South Dakota’s ban: It was purposely passed to challenge Roe v. Wade. It was not passed due to widespread anger in South Dakota over the abortions done at its sole abortion clinic or a voter outrage. Special interest lobbied the legislature to pass it and an anonymous donor put up a [...]

Eldridge Cleaver’s Last Works

Kathleen Cleaver has published a group of her late husband’s essays in “Target Zero.” The book divides his life into four parts from his early years to his revolutionary days to his seven-year Cuban exile and, lastly, to his transition to a Christian activist. He later dies off prostrate cancer in California.

Gordon Parks Passes at 93

Gordon Parks died on Tuesday. He brought us “Shaft,” ‘The Learning Tree,” and a host of photographs that defined how African-Americans lived in the 20th century. I remember seeing Half Past Midnight in DC many years ago. I remember that he was very short and had a big head. He will [...]