The Damned Olde Man

Image via Wikipedia Prats and pitfalls of quoting scientific research Recently I was involved in a discussion on another site concerning conflicting research findings. I cited several pieces of research that supported a position and discussed findings that conflicted with this research with the owner of that site. I don’t know whether the owner had [...]

As is often the case, this post is inspired by a discussion on another blog, True Equality.  What follows is a comment (modified) that I made on a discussion about the nature of truth. What is or is not true is frequently dependent upon perspective. How one defines truth is a fundamental philosophical argument. There [...]

On First Philosophy “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” This age old philosophical question has recently come to be of interest to me. The answer is either “yes” or “no” so it may seem simple enough. But it is not the [...]

Today I wrote a letter to the editor of the Fathers & Families blog in response to an article by Robert Franklin titled Part 2: Erring on the Side of Hidden Harm. The first part of the article is TRO Issuance: ‘Erring on the side of hidden harm’. My Letter follows: For 13 years I [...]

Is prison welfare for men? Can Male Studies make a difference? Over the past twenty years, men have gone from being a slight minority on college campuses (as they are in society at large) to a disproportionate minority. Men now comprise only about 40% of all college students. Recent census data indicate that women now [...]

Follow the link below to a very interesting article on the choices women have to make between motherhood and career. I don’t necessarily agree with all the points it makes, particularly about men and fathers, but I found it quite fascinating and it raises some very interesting questions. It is based on both social theory [...]

Answer: In a novel by George Orwell and in the Global Gender Gap Report, 2009 I have just finished reading what is perhaps the single most one-sided, biased, and sexist document that I have ever read in my life. It is from the Geneva based World Economic Forum and is called the Global Gender Gap [...]

Does Disney promote female violence against males? This morning I was watching Hanna Montana with my granddaughters. They seem to like the show and for a children‘s show, it seems quite well done. It does have some funny moments. However, I was shocked to see the violence on today’s episode, especially in light of recent [...]

Could Forest Grove end public education as we know it? A recent Supreme Court ruling may improve Special Education Services for those in need, but it could destroy public schools altogether. In Forest Grove School District v. T.A the court has forced public schools to provide special education services or to pay for parents to [...]