General

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Marriage, a universal institution of divine origin, is the foundation on which to order society, build families, and raise children. The majority of juvenile delinquents and men in prison were raised in female-headed households. Children living in single-parent households are more likely to be poor, abuse alcohol and drugs, and have babies outside marriage.

Generally, married men and women are safer, healthier, happier, and financially better off than their single, separated, or divorced counterparts. Fathers married to the mother of their children are more emotionally and financially invested in their offspring.

Children living with their married, biological parents have greater academic achievement and fewer behavioral problems, and report higher levels of psychological well-being. Notwithstanding efforts to undermine, redefine, and mock marriage, children greatly benefit when their parents are committed to each other and to them.

Some believe marriage is only a “piece of paper,” and that living together without the piece of paper is less harmful to children than divorce. According to “Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences,” a new study cosponsored by the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and the National Marriage Project (NMP) at the University of Virginia, they’re wrong. Divorce no longer is the greatest threat to family stability and child well-being. Cohabitation (also known as shacking up) is “the largest unrecognized threat to the quality and stability of children’s family lives.”

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Let’s All Be Right Wingers

by La Shawn on 07.01.11

in General

…and attend a Fourth of July parade and get all patriotic! Hear that, Haaaaavad?

Happy Independence Day, Americans! I don’t know about you, but I thank God I was born and raised in this country, the greatest country on the planet.

…to celebrate, support, and protect.

(Hat tip: @GinaDalfonzo)

New Year, New Goals, Same Old?

by La Shawn on 01.01.11

in General

May the Lord richly bless you!

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Now everybody’s talking about this
New decade
Like you say the magic numbers
Then just say goodbye to
The stupid mistakes you made
Oh my memory serves me far too well

Hope you’re having a safe night. Rest easy, everybody! :D

Marriage Gap Grows

December 16, 2010

Marriage is a human universal and a core cultural institution that orders society and greatly benefits children. No matter how feminists and other liberals try to spin it, children are better off living with their own married parents. For example, not only is a residential father more emotionally and financially invested in his children than [...]

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Why Am I Doing This?

September 8, 2010

That is, writing a novel. I’m excited one minute, and despondent the next. The only thing I know for sure is I can’t not write. I may not be blogging or writing articles, but I’m writing…something. This thing that keeps growing and shifting and changing colors before my eyes. Will it be worth it? It [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Right to Bear Arms Nationwide

June 28, 2010
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Note: As a Facebook friend said, the Constitution extends to us the right to bear arms. The Supreme Court clarified the issue. ——————————————————————- In 1976, the Council of the District of Columbia passed gun control laws in a hugely unsuccessful attempt to curb the violent crime rate in the city. Residents who owned handguns before [...]

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Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA

June 25, 2010

Click photos for larger view. Ronald Reagan’s grave: Part of the Berlin Wall: Air Force One: F-14 Tomcat: “Warning: natural habitat for rattlesnakes”:

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Sacrifice

May 31, 2010
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A couple weeks ago while browsing in the public library, I wandered into the section about World War II. I’ve read dozens and own several books about that war. The whole country rallied for the cause, offering up sons, brothers, husbands, uncles, cousins, and friends to stop Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. (Unfortunately, [...]

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Sorry, Suckers

May 27, 2010

Update: Arizona starts a legal defense fund to help pay for lawsuits against its common sense law. —————————————– I knew it was too good to be true. The National Guard troops President Barack Obama plans to send to the Texas-Mexico border won’t be there to enforce U.S. immigration law. Anybody with the guts to try [...]

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Welcome Worn Out, But You’re Cute

May 25, 2010
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Yeah, you’re cute and all, but it’s time for you people peeps to be going. Too much chirping (especially when you eat), and too much poop! It’s been real…interesting…watching the care-taking habits of mother and father House Finches up close. Children, this is how it works. The babies started out like this:

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Hungry

May 15, 2010
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For toddlers among the readership who’re enjoying this bird-made-nest-on-front-door-wreath series, this is for you. I think I interrupted their feeding. Sorry, birdies!

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Bird Brain II

May 13, 2010

(What’s this all about? See Bird Brain I) Mama bird doesn’t appreciate when I snap photos of her babies. She gives me the stink eye, then flutters to a nearby branch. (She made her nest on the front door wreath.) There’s the red-headed papa bird. He brings mama and babies wiggly goodies. He really doesn’t [...]

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Moynihan Report 45 Years Later

May 11, 2010
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In 1965, Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then assistant secretary of Labor, sounded an alarm about the rising rates of illegitimacy in the black community (about 24 percent at the time) in a report titled, The Negro Family: The Case For National Action (dubbed the Moynihan Report). The collapse of the black family, he contended, would [...]

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Bird Brain

May 9, 2010

For birds, nest building is instinctive. Before she lays her eggs, the bird builds a safe place (relatively speaking – a front door wreath? Risky, but you get the point) for her eggs. I wish nest building were instinctive for human females. The nest building comes first, then the babies. Nest building, then babies.

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