Atlas Shrugged: The Making of a Movie

The Atlas Society emailed to let me know about an upcoming event in Manhattan on December 7th: The Atlas Society is proud to present Atlas S...

Cyber Monday

It's Cyber Monday at Amazon and many other online retailers. I have already finished my Christmas shopping--much of it online-- but some...

Stuart Schneiderman: "Is Sarah Palin Being Defensive?:" Despite herself, Lizzie Wurtzel confessed a grudging admiration for Sara...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lemondrop.com: "Pumpkin Pie Arouses Guys More than Your Favorite Perfume:" Forget about lingerie -- if you want to entice your m...

"Loose definitions of Mental Illness serve to decrease personal responsibility and justify expanded government ..."

Shrinkwrapped on the 1/5 statistic: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics": Why don't we reserve the concept of Mental Illness fo...

Teen mom charged with domestic violence

Reader Cham and other readers have pointed out this tidbit on Teen Mom Amber Portwood: Anna Chan writes:Police in Anderson, Ind., have offi...

"The survey also found that 23.8 percent of women had some form of mental illness, compared with 15.6 percent of men."

I just saw the Drudge Report link to this article stating that nearly 1 out of 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009. The article indicate...

"The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers.”

Carpe Diem blog: "Single, Childless Women Now Earn MORE Than Men: Do We Really Need MORE Federal Legislation?" (via News Alert )...

Book on Concealed Carry

If you are looking for a great gift for the gun enthusiast on your list, try Massad Ayoob's book The Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carr...

Happy 5th birthday to Pajamas Media.

The Blame Game: positive, negative or somewhere in-between

I received a book recently entitled The Blame Game: The Complete Guide to Blaming: How to Play and How to Quit. It is written by physician ...

"Conservative principles are completely congruent with the value of social justice.."

I am reading an article I wanted to share with readers entitled Social justice: a conservative perspective by Bruce A. Thyera. It sheds lig...

GM Roper has a tour of the Psych-bloggers up featuring an election special.

Are you a wimpy parent?

Okay, so we are hearing more about wimpy kids these days, but the country is also full of wimpy parents. The Dayton Daily News has a goo...

"The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is."

Do you ever take being able to read for granted? What's amazing is how complex a task reading can be. I received a book in the mail from...

I saw a promo for a show on Oprah that has 200 men on speaking about sexual abuse and a reader (thanks) just reminded me of it with a link ...

John Hawkins at Right Wing News interviews Thomas Sowell on his book Dismantling America: and other controversial essays.

Neo-NeoCon at the Right Network: "Having four wives isn't all it's cracked up to be."

"Finding solutions is more important than dredging up the past."

Stuart Schneiderman has a new column up over at the Right Network that explains how to give advice: When people come to see me now, they ex...

The Corner: Social Security's $32.2 billion dollar mistake.

" The conventional wisdom that women all prefer government-provided safety over freedom has been put to rest,.."

Carrie Lukas at the Daily Caller : Women voters have also defied traditional stereotypes about skewing liberal. While it will take some time...

Dr. Wes: The Politically (In)Correct Edition of Grand Rounds is up!

Amy Alkon: The Truth about Beauty.

I was on Amazon and a book was recommended for me called In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Mi...

Dr. Wes: The Importance of Our Health Care Myers-Briggs.