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Economist: Why conservatives are happier than liberals
The joys of parenthood
Mar 27th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Why conservatives are happier than liberals
Illustration by Kevin Kallaugher
IN EVERY nursery there is one child known as the Biter. Who suffers the most from this child’s delinquency? Not his classmates, whose bite marks quickly heal. It is the Biter’s mum and dad, who endure sideways glances from other parents when dropping him off in the morning and fret constantly that their own poor parenting has produced a monster.
Arthur Brooks was once the father of a Biter. For a year, his son gnawed on boys, girls, siblings, friends and so many guests that he had to be removed from his own fourth birthday party. Mr Brooks worried, argued with his wife, lost sleep and sought professional help. So he speaks from experience when he says that having children does not make you happy.
Apr 7, 2008
Topic: Family, Parenting, Citizenship, Social Issues
RADIO: A Right to Homeschool
Mar 19, 2008
Topic: Family, Education, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Richard Land: Spitzer, Dershowitz and “victimless” crimes
Mar 13, 2008
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Sexual Purity, Pornography
Obama: Sermon on the Mount supports gay civil unions - Baptist Press
Mar 4, 2008
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Bible, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
UK - One in five children growing up on benefits
Feb 19, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Living, Finances, Health, Citizenship, Social Issues
WA Post: Crackdown on Child Pornography
Crackdown on Child Pornography
Federal Action, Focused on Internet, Sets Off a Debate
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 15, 2007; Page A01
Lewd photographs of children were disappearing from adult bookstores. Child porn magazines in plain brown envelopes were no longer reaching customers through the mail. It was the early 1990s, and experts believed that federal law enforcement efforts were ending child pornography.
“We thought this was one of those rare forms of social deviance, of criminal behavior, that had been eradicated,” said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “Except for a fixated group of hard-core pedophiles, we thought it was gone.”
Dec 15, 2007
Topic: Family, Addictions, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Human Rights, National
“Gospel of Judas” misinterpreted by Nat’l Geographic
GetReligion.org
Betrayed with a translation
Easter 2006 featured an unrelenting public relations offensive (emphasis on offensive) by the National Geographic Society and its National Geographic magazine that argued that Judas was unfairly maligned by Christians. The story was covered far and wide by all the major media outlets. A later update on the story hasn’t received as much coverage — not by a long shot — but I thought it worth highlighting. In a New York Times op-ed, April DeConick, a professor of Biblical studies at Rice University, argues that National Geographic got the story wrong:
Dec 10, 2007
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Family, Pop Culture
NOW PLAYING: Bella
Bella
Oct 27, 2007
Topic: Family, Parenting, Adoption, Pop Culture, Life, Abortion, Science, Bioethics
IVP: Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study…
Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse present social science research on homosexuals designed to answer the questions
* Can persons who receive religiously informed psychotherapy experience a change in their sexual orientation? * Is it harmful for anyone to receive such therapy?The results show that outcomes for this kind of therapy are similar to outcomes of therapy for other psychological problems. Such therapy is not harmful to individuals.
This research will be of interest to all those who want to know the latest research on sexual orientation change and the effects of religiously based therapy on those who utilize it.
Sep 17, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Travelodge Hotel Chain Switches Off its Porn TV
Travelodge, one of the largest UK hotel chains, has decided to cut out its pornography option and replace the “adult” channels with family friendly material in order to encourage the growing number of parents and children who stay at its budget hotels.
Aug 20, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Pornography