What to Do About Daddy?

By ignoring the father’s rights at the outset of the Evan Parker Scott case, the court set the stage for a needless tragedy.

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Pregnancy Murder Needs Study, Not Sensationalism

The Washington Post's three-part series on pregnancy and homicide offered deeply flawed research and scare tactics.

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UNICEF’s ‘Rights’ Focus Is All Wrong

Only in a world of unlimited options and bottomless pockets would there  be no conflict between pursuing children's health and children's rights.

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The Victims of ‘Victimhood’

The Norma Khouri saga is an indictment of how society has so fallen in love with victimhood that it took 18 months and an international effort to debunk a claim that should have immediately collapsed of its own weight.

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In Defense of Beauty Pageants

Rage against beauty contests lies at the very roots of PC feminism.

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Domestic Violence: Behind the Stereotypes

The general assumption "women are victims, men are abusers" ignores data indicating that battered husbands comprise a significant percentage of domestic violence victims.

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The Sad Evolution of Sexual Harassment

The Bill O'Reilly lawsuit shows that sexual harassment must be rolled back for the same reason it arose as an issue: fairness.

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In Kobe Case, Accuser Is Rightly Identified

Should accusers be named in criminal and civil court cases? Those who wish to identify either both or neither of the parties do so largely out of a desire to reduce false accusations.

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Deadbeat Dad Contest Bad for Kids

The PayKids program is part of a Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's new crackdown on deadbeat dads.

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Individual Rights vs. Identity Politics

Only if you advocate group rights and reject individual ones does it make sense to cry out for sexual solidarity in voting.

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Wage Gap Reflects Women’s Priorities

The wage gap tells us something that should be heeded about society and human preference.

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China’s Missing Women

According to China's official news agency, 119 boys are now born for every 100 girls.

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On Breastfeeding, Rights, and Good Manners

Breastfeeding is becoming a front in the culture war.

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Child Custody Laws Poised for Change

A war to change custody laws has clearly been declared, not only in California but also across North America. Hopefully, everyone will remember that the battle is not about ideology but what is best for children.

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Seeking Criminal Justice in Civil Court

Is it fair that Kobe Bryant's accuser seems to have substituted civil procedures for criminal ones?

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In Defense of ‘Deadbeat’ Dads

It is time for the release of impoverished deadbeat dads from prison to become the official policy of the United States.

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No Panic Over School Child Abuse

"Educator Sexual Misconduct " is seriously flawed, both in its methodology and in the way researchers defined sexual abuse and misconduct.

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Paternity: Innocence Is Now a Defense

A California court's landmark decision may well become the controlling authority for contested paternity in California and a legal precedent nationwide.

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Utah’s Parent Czar

Alicia Davis assumes office this week as Utah's director of the Office of Child Welfare Parental Defense.

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Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case

The merits of the Wal-Mart case are blurred by association with a broader political cause. The case is as much or more a piece of social reform than it is restitution for injured individuals.

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Do Gun Control Activists Pad Gun Death Statistics?

Gun control activists should reconsider the inflation and skewing of statistics on dead children.

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The Separation of School and State

If public schools, with all their advantages, cannot compete with free market options, then they deserve to weaken because children deserve better.

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Censorship Is Not Solution for Trashy TV

Janet Jackson's halftime performance may prompt the passage of the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, the consequences of which may be far worse than a bit of trashy exhibitionism on TV.

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Cooling Down the Abortion Debate

The divisive machinations of government may be an inevitable reflection of how evenly divided the public is on abortion, but they can be no excuse for politicians to fan the flames of conflict for their own electoral profit.

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Did a False Condition Lead to False Abuse Charges?

Diagnosing a mother as having Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a tool often used by the state to remove children from the care of the parent.

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