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Does Church Keep Black Women Single? - 2

Scragged writers pay close attention to reader comments because we learn more from disagreement than from agreement. Sometimes a question reveals that we weren't as clear as we should have been. When the first article in what is now becoming a series ...		 Aug 31, 10 Lee Tydings 0 8

Does Church Keep Black Women Single? - 1

CNN reports that an orthographically-challenged relationship advice columnist named Deborrah Cooper claims that Christian beliefs are keeping devout Christian women single and lonely. Cooper, who is black and says she is not strictly religious, argue...		 Aug 27, 10 Lee Tydings 0 6

The Tyranny of Judicial Lawlessness

My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat. - Chief Justice John Roberts Over the past several decades, Americans have gotten used to holding their leaders and institutions in contempt. You will search high and low before finding ...		 Aug 6, 10 Petrarch 0 0

Memes, Natural Selection, and Competing Societies

Natural selection drives human population. Back in the hunter-gatherer period, the strongest, most skillful hunters were able to feed more babies than weaker men and enjoyed greater reproductive success. Women tried to attract strong men so that they, ...		 Jun 8, 10 Lee Tydings 0 3

Men, Women, Marriage, and Not Growing Up 4

This series has explored many reasons why a modern man would rather not grow up in the sense of taking care of a woman and helping her raise their children, and how this societal immaturity is reflected in modern Western politics. A major political f...		 Mar 3, 10 Lee Tydings 0 9

Men, Women, Marriage, and Not Growing Up 3

The previous article in this series pointed out that the way men and women relate to each other affects not just their families, but their politics. A man who's assumed the responsibility to take care of his wife and children opposes tax increases becau...		 Feb 24, 10 Lee Tydings 0 1

Men, Women, Marriage, and Not Growing Up 2

The first article in this series discussed a major reason so many marriages are failing - many modern men would rather not grow up. A man has to grow up in order to take on the obligations and responsibilities of marriage. Modern society has taken away...		 Feb 22, 10 Lee Tydings 0 2

Men, Women, Marriage, and Not Growing Up 1

 The news article "What Does Woman Want" (sic) discusses some of the many, many mournful ways in which marriages go wrong. Relationships between modern men and women aren't working out nearly as well as they should, but people keep trying. I know ma...		 Feb 18, 10 Lee Tydings 0 3

Voters Say Gay is Not OK

The big news of Election 2009 is a resurgent conservative movement. "Change" is the order of the day - Change last year, and more Change this year. There's one major issue, however, that has not changed: American voters from sea to shining sea do not...		 Nov 13, 09 Petrarch 0 11

When it Comes to Mating, it's Courtship or Canines

A major challenge to received wisdom on human evolution made the news recently. The Wall Street Journal reported on October 2 that a fossil named "Ardi," which has been dated more than a million years earlier than the much-discussed "Lucy" skeleton, sug...		 Oct 7, 09 Lee Tydings 0 0

The Wrongs of Rights 4: Of Nuptials and Thoughtcrimes

 I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - attributed to Voltaire For centuries, American schoolchildren were taught to honor the memory of the Pilgrims who braved the dangers of icy Atlantic O...		 Jul 20, 09 Petrarch 0 4

All the Kids You Can Pay For

Everyone loves a baby - or, if you don't, you'd better never let on if you want to remain in polite company. In today's world of people ensconced within a virtual "bubble" insulating them from any human contact with strangers, the presence of a small in...		 Feb 17, 09 Petrarch 0 10

Allah's Rapists

After we ended our "Hearts of Darkness" series by defining what people call the "War on Terror" as the "Fight Against Barbarism," we were reminded how few Americans realize just how barbaric the barbarism we're fighting can be. The Herald Sun, an Austra...		 Feb 12, 09 Will Offensicht 0 14

Essence of French Marriage?

Ah, la belle France! The thought of France gladdens the heart of every romantic. For a hundred years, French culture and Parisian style have defined all that is romantic and sexy. Alas, these days may be coming to an end. There is nothing less roma...		 Dec 4, 08 Lee Tydings 0 5

A Farewell to Duty

During my Boy Scout years, we recited the Boy Scout oath in unison at every meeting. It begins, "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country..." The oath identifies three duties which Scouts swear to fulfill: 1. Duty to God...		 Oct 24, 08 Will Offensicht 0 7

What Is Marriage?

Some time back, Scragged asked, "Who Defines Marriage?" This article led into a series of articles which asked whether women want to get married any more. It's not at all clear what women want these days, but now another issue has come up - just what, ...		 Jul 15, 08 Lee Tydings 0 4

Stupid Changes, Obama Style - Absentee Fathers

Both the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune report that Mr. Obama has followed Bill Cosby's lead in calling on black fathers to be more responsible. Both papers pointed out that Mr. Cosby has been criticized by many black leaders for sa...		 Jul 10, 08 Will Offensicht 0 7

Why Democrats Need Hookers

It's long been known to science, and we've pointed out elsewhere, that women have far more sexual capacity than do men. We're not saying that women are more interested in sex than men are, simply that women are physically able to make love a lot more of...		 May 27, 08 Lee Tydings 0 1

What Do Women Want? #9 - Men Who Relate

 This series started around the time of Gov. Spitzer's (D-NY) well-publicized divergences from his vows of marital fidelity. In the reams of comment on the affair, nobody said much about what women need from men. Dr. Laura Schlessinger seemed to partia...		 May 23, 08 Lee Tydings 0 0

Don't Look Under The Robes

The Supreme Court of California has made history this week. In a 4-3 ruling, the LA Times reports, The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday in a broadly worded decision that would invalidate virtually any...		 May 19, 08 Petrarch 0 3

What Do Women Want? #8 - Courtship

This series started by noting that many highly-visible marriages have suffered from public problems. Our society's views of marriage appear to be inconsistent. On the one hand, marriage contracts are no longer enforced; it's easier for a woman to get ...		 May 9, 08 Lee Tydings 0 3

What Do Women Want? #7 - Concubinage

This series started by noting that many highly-visible marriages have suffered from publicly-visible problems. There was a great deal of sympathy for the wives of President Clinton and Governor Spitzer when these men were found to have been playing arou...		 Apr 29, 08 Lee Tydings 0 10

What Do Women Want? #6 - Children

Marriage customs and expectations have changed enough of late that most marriages in the United States and Europe end in divorce. Historically, no society has survived the breakdown of a large fraction of its families. Sociologists disagree on why exce...		 Apr 25, 08 Lee Tydings 0 11

What Do Women Want? #5 - Feminism

Marriage customs have changed enough in recent years that more than half the marriages in the United States and Europe end in divorce. Earlier articles in this series examined natural selection to see what sorts of basic traits were bred into men and wo...		 Apr 23, 08 Lee Tydings 0 28

Love, Honor, and... Insure?

Perhaps the most famous mantra of conservatives is the "Invisible Hand" of Adam Smith. Through this almighty power, shortages are replaced with plenty; monopolistic predators are superseded by beneficial competition; and economies experience limitless g...		 Apr 17, 08 Petrarch 0 2

What Do Women Want? #4 - Polygamy

This series started with a discussion of the decline of marriage in America and noted that many high-level marriages have had highly visible difficulties. The media also report that many single young women are deciding that they not only don't want anyt...		 Apr 2, 08 Lee Tydings 0 11

What Do Women Want? #3 - Farm Wives

This series started by discussing the decline of customs which encouraged men to stick around and help women raise children. The issue of marital fidelity has become a political issue as we've watched politicians being caught being unfaithful to their w...		 Mar 27, 08 Lee Tydings 0 8

What Do Women Want? #2 - Natural Selection

Marital infidelity has been in the news quite a bit lately. As women wondered why Hillary stuck around when it was found that her husband Bill had been on the prowl, women wonder why Mrs. Spitzer stuck with her husband after he'd been found to have been...		 Mar 20, 08 Lee Tydings 0 9

What Do Women Want? #1 - Independence

Marital troubles have filled the news recently. Governor Spitzer was caught fooling around with prostitutes, to his wife's dismay. Hillary's remaining with her husband after his escapades with other women made some suspect that she might be far more po...		 Mar 14, 08 Lee Tydings 0 5

Dr. Laura Speaks the Truth

It's been said that a political gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, despite not being a politician, has accomplished something similar this week - though in her case, it was mostly intentional. The scandal...		 Mar 14, 08 Hobbes 0 9

Who Defines Marriage?

One day, we got a letter from the Social Security Administration addressed to my wife’s maiden name. I called and found out that although we had told them of our marriage decades ago, their records had been altered at some unknown time and the feds thou...		 Mar 4, 08 Will Offensicht 0 3

No, Hillary, It Takes a Grandmother

I was deeply saddened by Ayelet Waldman's article "The Bad Mommy Brigade" which appeared on p 28 of the Jan 21, 2008 issue of New York magazine. Mrs. Waldman spoke of the pressures which afflict modern motherhood: When I became pregnant with my secon...		 Feb 4, 08 Lee Tydings 0 13

Polygamy, terrorism, wife-stealing, and nuclear war

All human societies are based on families, and families stand on how men and women relate to one another. All societies have laws and customs to regulate how couples mate and raise children. Traditional Islamic societies forbid any interaction between ...		 Oct 4, 07 Will Offensicht 0 15

Does Abuse Excuse Murder?

Early one morning in 1987, June Briand pulled out her husband's gun and shot him as he slept. He'd often beaten her and threatened to kill her if she left him. Her ribs had been broken, she had kidney and stomach problems, and she could've been killed ...		 Aug 29, 07 Will Offensicht 0 0