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… make sure your “friends” aren’t carrying saws. While we may never know why the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation reversed its outrageous decision to stop funding breast cancer screening programs at Planned Parenthood centers, I have to believe that internal disunity played a major role. While any organization puts itself in [...] The news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation had decided to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screening program has touched off a firestorm of much-deserved criticism of Komen. This latest move is part of a global drive by anti-contraception extremists who are trying to end programs that give women control over their [...] It’s another week and another bad news cycle for 21st century feminists (unless you’re Oprah). It seems anachronistically Neanderthal how women continue to be so publicly, dramatically exploited by men who wield power, money, influence and brawn over them. In last week’s two biggest stories, the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid by [...] Ronald Reagan is mainly remembered for his supposed success as a tax cutter (even though he raised taxes 11 times while in office) and advocate for liberty in the face of the Cold War. On the 100th anniversary of his birth I remember a very different man – someone who turned a blind eye [...] When it came time to attack the Evil Empire for its denial of basic liberties, there was no greater champion than Ronald Reagan. But at the same time, he deliberately tried to thwart the freedom of speech and self determination of health care professionals and the women they served around the world. In 1984, [...] Despite all the efforts to sanctify Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth, it needs to be said for all his charms and his advocacy for democracy in the former Soviet Union, he also did his best to thwart freedom and self determination at home and abroad for women. As Governor of [...] |
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