September 2001

Editorials:
President of Blue Cross Compares Jews and Blacks to Homosexuality
Pressure on Mass. businesses causes discrimination against Boy Scouts

ACLU Joins in Attacking Boy Scouts
Meanwhile, the ACLU is attacking those who are trying to protect boys

Opinion
Empathizing with Gov. Swift and Gay Stepson 
He fits all the classic reasons that a boy is vulnerable to homosexuals

Satire
Not Doing Our Share for Elk or Caribou in Newton
My friend Penelope's attitude strains my tolerance

 

Features:
Reformer of the Month:
Telling Kids the Truth About Promiscuity

Dr. John Diggs treated so many people for STDs in his private practice that he decided to do something about it

Editorial Cartoon
Don't have a cow

Letters to the Editor
Do fathers homeschool?; Planned Parenthood hires 'bottom-of-the-barrel' ...

Sightings  
Globe continues propaganda for 'domestic partners'; MassNews story about Howards picked up by Fox News ...

Marriage Is ‘Hot Issue’ In Massachusetts
There are two conflicting measures that citizens will be watching closely

Why does Amendment forbid ‘domestic partnerships’ or ‘civil unions’?

Text of proposed amendment to Constitution

Is this a religious issue?

Is amendment a ‘gay’ issue?

Camenker Vindicated by Reinstatement of Fistgate Teacher
The woman who taught homosexual sex at Fistgate, Margot Abels, now believes she is a heroine because an arbitrator has reinstated her in her job

Baby Seized by State Police from Mother’s Hospital Room
She fears for children’s safety while with DSS

Late Budget No Cause for Worry 
The fact that the budget deadline has not been met at all in recent years causes little consternation at the State House

Harvard Medical School Continues to Back False Research; Says U.S. Boys Are in Crisis
Research for such a claim has never been published; many are now questioning whether any valid research was ever done

Where Boys Still Have Fun: Running, Jumping and Happily Competing
At a time when schools are eliminating dodge ball from gym classes because it is 'too competitive,' Alpine not only has dodge ball but calls it 'slaughter ball'

Judge Coven Agrees that Our Judges Are ‘Burned Out’
Is this why Coven Makes so many terrible decisions? 

Changes Sought In Child Support
The last of five hearings on child support took place across the state last month as the result of a federally mandated, statewide review process

Judge Stahlin Denies Children Both Parents
'Has already destroyed' children -- 'trying to destroy' father

Judge Stahlin helps his friends to replace parents

Psychiatrists Say Reardon Not ‘Disordered’
The man who allegedly molested hundreds of young boys, Christopher Reardon, did not suffer from a “mental disorder” until he was caught

DSS Gay Foster Home Results in Molestation Charges
Two 16-year-old boys have been removed from the foster home of Ronald L. Hewitt, 57, after he was charged with showing his foster children pornographic materials and sexually assaulting at least one of them

‘Search & Destroy’ Team Attacks Amb. Richard Eagan
Many newspapers have a 'Spotlight Team' but Boston Globe’s unit is called 'Search & Destroy'

Crèche Case Suffers Setback
Atty. Darling confident as he prepares appeal

Fistgate Was Good for Teenagers, says Rob Woronoff of Home for Little Wanderers
Lessons on fisting were exactly what we should be teaching our youth, says Woronoff

Oral S_X
Sex educators like it because they think the worst thing that can happen to a teen is to have a baby and, they say, oral sex is a sure-fire way to avoid pregnancy

BC Religious Leader Condones ‘Nihilism, American Style’
Alan Wolfe’s new book says we’ve changed ‘moral freedom’ into ‘moral license’

Best Interests of the Child? – Reflections on Clayton
I had the pleasure of meeting Clayton Giles at the Worcester stop of his 3,600-mile bicycle trek for shared parenting

 

Classic Match-Up Between Fiscal Conservatives with Different Social Views
Pro-choice Sprague v. pro-life McKinney in Ninth District

McKinney: 
McKinney hopes to change the spending culture in Washington

Sprague: 
State senator running on experience as legislator, veteran and housewife

 

Manufacturing Human Beings in Worcester?
Company is cloning animals and . . . human embryos

Adult Stem Cells Could Eliminate Cloning
Adult stem cells may eventually be just as effective as embryonic stem cell research in treating brain disorders, replacing tissue, and finding cures for disease

Human Cloning: Illegal in Massachusetts?
Mass. law prohibits 'use [of] any live human fetus whether before or after expulsion from its mother’s womb, for scientific, laboratory, research or other kind of experimentation'

Dr. West Thinks of Himself as a Theologian
In recent testimony before the U.S. Senate, Dr. West stated that critics’ ethical concerns over the creation of cloned human embryos are based on ignorance and superstition.

Dr. Diggs says Dr. West’s assertions are ‘erroneous’

Similar to Nazi Experiments in Producing ‘Superior People’
Advanced Cell 'is obviously brazen in their efforts to get publicity. They want to be first on the scene with human cloning ... What they are doing is scary'

Two Ethical Advisers to Advanced Cell Have Resigned
Seems to confirm a warning from the American Life League about the honesty and objectivity of such boards

Women Recruited as Donors
Egg cell 'donors' at Advanced Cell Technology have been recruited through newspaper ads and are being paid $4,000 apiece for the embryonic cloning

Villain or hero?
Pres. Bush’s announcement about ‘stem cells’ has nothing to do with cloning

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