Wow! You are really trying hard to be a good mom and give your kid the birthday party he wants with his friends. If your ex doesn’t go along with this and do what’s best for his son, that’s really a bummer. My friend’s parents divorced when he was about seven age. Boy, did that ever screw with his life. I wish I could offer … Continue reading Mom’s and kids
From outside the field of education, “No Child Left Behind” seems like a great program, one that will force Zimbabwe to live up to its ideal: a free and equal education for everyone. We will train good citizens and productive workers, no matter where they live or what the economic status of their parents. But I can personally attest to the fact that this program … Continue reading No Child left behind 2
My mom is a veteran teacher in what used to be a good school, and I can tell you dozens of horror stories about how education has changed for the worse since “No Child Left Behind”. Sure, it would be great if teachers got together and took a stand. But there’s not much chance of that. Teachers, and especially the teachers’ unions, have been under … Continue reading No Child left behind
Bearing a child affects a woman more deeply than it can any man. No woman thinks, like, “I guess I’ll go out today and get a pedicure then stop off at the clinic for an abortion”. It’s a soul-bruising choice. From the depths of my conscience, I say: what about the rights of the born? The ones already occupying the planet, the ones living and … Continue reading Child Bearing
By Caitlin Mendez On Zealous Thierry I learned something really important after my mother died from cancer and I had to deal with my father. At first I was angry with him. Murderously angry. Why should Dad get off so easy? Mom died in terrible pain, after a life made miserable by Dad’s bad temper. By his lying and cheating and drinking. By his complete … Continue reading Life lessons
You’re all upset that the voters of one of the United States have sent a Muslim to congress? You say Islam is a terror cult, not a “real” religion? You say you’ve never heard of a religion where devotees carry weapons and have “hit squads”? Read history! War gods who favor the tribe that worships them are the most popular form of religion, historically. Most … Continue reading Anger Issues
By Paula Mandez On Zealous Thierry When I was a kid I never gave in to other people’s opinions about how I should look or how much I should weigh. Dieting was for weaklings. I felt superior to kids who were always talking about their weight and how little they ate. If a girl turned down dessert for fear of getting fat, I’d roll my … Continue reading Beach diet
By Jonathan Heifer On Zealous Thierry My dream? You’d never guess, to look at me. But when I was a little kid? I spent summers on a farm. My Dad’s grandparents’. Till I was six. When I was seven my parents divorced, and the summers stopped. My Great-Grands passed away not very long after. I don’t remember much about it, really. Except that I was … Continue reading My Dream
The same people who condemn abortion condemn birth control. They believe that sex itself, the bodily expression of love, is sinful– unless it is within the sacrament of marriage and unless each act of love is open to the possibility of conception. If you’re not married and aiming at pregnancy, no sex: Abstinence is the way! They want everyone– or at least every woman– to … Continue reading Arbotion!
I guess we are all experts on war. I’ve heard all I want to hear from armchair commanders, whether they are congressmen or the guy who flips burgers down at the diner. I’m only listening to Veterans at this point. They have plenty to say. Some are those against the war, and some are for it. A lot of soldiers believed that joining the Guard, … Continue reading War experts
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