December 22, 2004

When The Sisterhood Rules The World: The Sad Tale Of UNICEF
By Carey Roberts

Women often swap jokes that start with the line, “What if women ruled the world?” Here’s one of my favorites: “If women ruled the world, men would learn phrases like, ‘You’re beautiful,’ ‘I’m sorry,’ and ‘Of course you don’t look fat in that outfit.’”

So let’s ask the more serious question, What if the Gender Warriors ruled the world?

I could take numerous cases where that scenario has already happened, where the Sisterhood has swept into power and recast entire organizations. Examples that spring to mind are the New York Times, National Public Radio, the American Psychological Association, Amnesty International, the National Institutes of Health, and others.

But let’s take one example where feminists have been around long enough to really leave their mark: UNICEF. (Read the rest here)

Republicans Have Family under Attack
By Sheldon Richman

Anyone who still believes that the people and the government are the same thing ought to think about what a House-Senate conference committee refused to do recently. Thanks to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the committee had the opportunity to strike a blow for the rights of parents and for other family values.

But it refused.

As the committee was working on the mammoth omnibus spending bill, which contains all kinds of pork-barrel favors, Representative Paul sought to have language added to prohibit money from being spent on the psychiatric examination of children without parental consent. The proposed addition said,

“None of the funds made available for State Incentive Grants for Transformation should be used for any programs of mandatory or universal mental-health screening that perform mental-health screening on anyone under 18 years of age without the express, written permission of the parents or legal guardians of each individual involved.” (Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

This news is brought to us by the Amalgamated Union of Elves, Reindeer, and Snow Creatures, but the views and opinions expressed herein are NOT necessarily those of the AUERSC, but just those of the author.

Please note that the chances of being SNOWed by politicians and bureaucrats, on the other hand, sometime during the Christmas season, is virtually 100% in all states (US AND Mexican) and provinces. (Read the rest here)

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