by Robert W. Patterson
Published at philly.com on February 5, 2012.
During the last few weeks, the Inquirer and Daily News have had a field day with the journal I edit, The Family in America, deploying scorn, ridicule, and caricature to depict me as an “extremist” unworthy of a political appointment at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW). It’s time to tell the other side of the story. Read more…
First of all this week, there was a big (about 5,000 observations) sophisticated (University of Chicago Business School) study of bad behavior in little boys. Conclusion: little boys benefit substantially from living with both their biological parents. The second study was a little (78 observations) simplistic (unrepresentative sample, ideologically motivated researchers) of the Quality of Life of the children of lesbian couples. Conclusion: the children of lesbian couples are just as happy and well-adjusted as their peers. Read more…
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By Michael Worley, First year law student at J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and a 2011 graduate of the Ruth Institute It Takes a Family to Raise a Village program.
It is common knowledge that TV reports don’t tell the whole story. Frequently a group of 75 undecided voters gather to share their responses immediately after a debate. Such people provide instant commentary that the theorists of network TV may not be able to perceive. However, these groups tend not to be predictive of overall election results. Random polling via phone calls shows us much clearer results. Read more…
November 10th, 2011
Betsy
by S. T. Karnick
The tendency of the nation’s schools to suppress boys’ natural way of seeing and doing things, brilliantly documented by Christina Hoff-Sommers in her 2001 book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men, is becoming increasingly evident in the culture. Read more…
by Marcia Segelstein
Do you ever wonder what the world will be like in 20 or 30 years? If you’re a parent or a grandparent, chances are you’ve thought a lot about the world the next generation will inhabit. And if you’re a Christian, no doubt you’ve wondered if Christian values will be part of the mainstream culture, or whether such values will even be tolerated. Read more…
by Marcus Roberts
We have discussed recently on this blog the effect of demography on a country’s economy and the potential link between fertility rates and the recession. Today I would like to draw your attention to an article from USAToday which suggests that the link runs both ways. Read more…
Between 130,000 and 160,000 people demonstrated in central Madrid, Spain, on Saturday against laws that make abortion easier, according to organizers.
Why is it that this event was covered only by Christian news websites?
JillStanek.com:
Julie Rovner, NPR health policy correspondent: Well, the conflict is really that PP keeps its statistics according to the percent of those services that are provided, not according to how many people get what… Sarah Stoesz from PP kind of misspoke when she said it was 3% of patients who come in get abortions.
It is actually a little bit closer to the 10% that [Susan B. Anthony List President] Marjorie Dannenfesler suggested, because there are about 3 million patients who come in. There are about 300,000 abortions provided…
Neal Conan, host: And the difference might be that the same woman who later received an abortion also got a pregnancy test and counseling and some other services.
Rovner: Absolutely. So many of those patients are getting more than one service and who – many of the patients who get an abortion are probably getting other services as well.
“A little bit closer”? 3 million divided by 300,000 is actually 10%. Furthermore, and the bigger point, as LiveAction.org pointed out, over 35% of PP’s income comes from abortion. NPR would be fair and balanced to report that statistic as well.
Actually, almost 37% of their health center income is from abortions, in fact… Read more…
The New York Times has a long history of plumbing the depths of depravity. This article, however, represents a new low. In it, two (married) selfish, narcissistic creeps leave their spouses and families to marry one another because they’re “in love.” Bully for them.
Writes The New York Times:
As Mr. Partilla saw it, their options were either to act on their feelings and break up their marriages or to deny their feelings and live dishonestly. “Pain or more pain,” was how he summarized it. Read more…
An interesting thought from Robin Hanson over at Overcoming Bias:
A key pillar of modern morality is the sanctity of romantic love. We reel in horror at the thought of “backward” societies, including our ancestors’, who arrange marriages without intense emotional romantic love. While they think it nice if arranged partners have such romantic feelings, if that does not happen such partners are not to look for love elsewhere. They think a life without romantic love can be a fine life. Read more…
Ruth Institute president, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, has a podcast on this topic.
When will our media reflect America on abortion?
By WILLIAM MCGURN
During the health-care summit earlier this year, Vice President Joe Biden was roundly mocked for saying, “I don’t know what the American people think.” He was, however, showing a refreshing modesty. Especially when compared with those who believe the American people don’t know what they think—or cannot possibly mean what they say when they tell us what they do think. Read more…
It has been five years since the death of Terri Schiavo, and the misinformation still persists. The Orange County Register ran an article by Jane Glenn Haas, titled “Take a Moment to Decide about Death”, which used the occasion to remind people to discuss their end-of-life wishes with their families, and prepare appropriate legal documents to carry out those wishes.
So far, so good. Many of us put off making decisions about what medical treatments we want to have or avoid. A timely reminder is welcome.
But this is how Ms. Haas described the historical event that prompted her article: Read more…
I’m waiting for someone in the MSM to get the message that the face of the pro-life, pro-marriage movement is female. But, hey, at least someone is noticing that conservative women are capable of running a grassroots movement:
Politico has gotten the message that the Tea Party grassroots movement is largely female.
“Most of the women do not want a large, top-down movement,” Walker said. “We like the local flavor and independence of the tea parties. We don’t need anyone to tell us what to do from D.C. or a large organization to lead us. We’re capable of handling most of it on our own.”
When will they notice the women-led social movement to help women in crisis pregnancies, and to support sexual integrity, and to support lifelong married love? Oh well. Regular Ruth Readers know.
We are so all about women that the Ruth Institute is in continual danger of being perceived as a Chick Outfit.
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