I just had to throw this article up. It’s somewhat satirical but gets at a real nut of truth about the reasons behind declining birth rates among the middle and upper classes in America and the developed world. Besides the obvious biological reason (failure to reproduce is genetic suicide) why would anyone want to have [...]
Research on birds and other animals that pair for rearing offspring has suggested that the battle of the sexes may be the glue that hold parents together in raising offspring. While one parent may pick up some of the slack for an absent or lazy parent, they don’t fully compensate for the lack. This may [...]
Shakespeare, the Eternal Bard wrote the following: Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) Like so many of life’s questions Shakespeare posed it best. So what is in a name? I ask this question after reading the [...]
Today I found a very well written article by Kevin Myers that details an issue which I have mentioned before, to wit: while the public face of feminism ostensibly advocates equality, the real agenda is to seek advantage. He’s termed this “Lifeboat Feminism,” a term I find ironically apt. Nowhere do we see feminist marches [...]
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