Article here. Excerpt:

'Warning: This column might be so politically incorrect that you may feel the need to send me harassing e-mails. During October, this sacred month commemorating breast cancer awareness, our commitment to the cause may be diverting our attention from diseases in greater need of our attention.
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This year, in lieu of a pink ribbon, I'll be wearing brown and light blue in support of my husband - another nagging reminder of my commitment to his prostate and colon health and, ultimately, our life together. Oh, the romance.

Press release is here. Excerpt:

"According to the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, the UN fails in its humanitarian mission by choosing to ignore boys. Are they ignorant, sexist, or sadly just indifferent to boys’ suffering? The first sentence in the just released, 34-page report, which took four years to compiles, is “No violence against children is justifiable.” The United Nations’ silence on these crimes is nothing less than justification for them."

Unexpected from a MSM source, but worthy of notice in any case. Story here. Excerpt:

'(CBS) The three Duke lacrosse players indicted for a rape they say they didn't commit are indignant over the effect the charges are having on their lives and their families.

In their first interviews, they speak to Ed Bradley this Sunday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

"Your whole life, you try to, you know, stay on the right path, and to do the right things," says Reade Seligmann. "And someone can come along and take it all away, just by going like that," he says, pointing his finger. "Just by pointing their finger. That's all it takes."'

Story here. Excerpt:

"McBride, 31, has married five men without divorcing her first husband, according to warrants issued by Gwinnett County Police detectives. She is charged with five counts of bigamy and false swearing"

An excellent commentary from Christie Blatchford of the Globe and Mail (and CFRB radio) about murderous moms and the double-standards in society and government agencies. Excerpt:

"As a female friend of Frances Elaine Campione put it, this after Ms. Campione was charged on Wednesday with murder in the death of her two young children, "That mother needs a hug."

In that line, widely repeated in Toronto and national media outlets, is a telling clue to what is so wrong with much of what happens both in the nation's family courts and in its child-protection system -- the pervasive view of the female of the species as constantly nurturing (except, you know, when she allegedly kills) and as in need of constant nurture (hugs all 'round, no matter what)."

More of the same here (embedded video). She smothers her newborn twin sons to death and already, police and community are making excuses.

What's the future hold? Probably an insanity defense, maybe mandated psychiatric treatment, and no justice for the dead babies.

Story here. Excerpt:

"A teenage girl is facing jail after her "wicked and evil" rape lies caused an innocent man to be locked up for six weeks"

"My son has been left absolutely devastated, he will never be the same man. He is a totally different person."

Story here. Excerpt:

"U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, aiming to improve his appeal with voters as he seeks to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister, will call for policies to improve education for boys with poor exam results."

Article here. Excerpt:

'More than $20,000 in payments later, a judge finally did the obvious. Trevino was ordered to produce the disputed child, then supposedly 5-years-old. On her way to the court appearance, Trevino snatched a 2-year-old off the street to pass off as her own daughter; the ruse collapsed when the infant's distraught grandmother trailed Trevino into the courtroom.'

Story here.

'A Decatur woman who authorities say stabbed her 1-year-old son and then set her mother's house on fire was sentenced Monday to five to 15 years in prison.
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Following the sentencing, Gipson's brother, Ted Gipson, questioned whether prison is the right place for his sister. "She needs some professional help beyond the (Michigan) Department of Corrections," he said.'

I realize this article is over a week old, but Betsy Hart makes some good observations. I also like the fact that a story which appeals to our site, is featured in a major publication, the Chicago Sun-Times. Excerpt:

"NOW may find that at this point, such 'discrimination' may largely be running against the guys. I mean, how many men can indulge in the luxury of ever thinking to themselves, 'Gee, would I like to be respected for having a meaningful job with all kinds of perks for being a dad, or respected for staying home and raising my children, or maybe a little of both?'"

A woman who gained national notoriety for writing a book about being raped, then abandoning her newborn in a college trash been has been sentenced to prison for being the rapist in the case.

Well, you can't say she didn't try to make excuses -- and boy are we talking cliche here:

"She told the judge that she is trying to become a better person. "With all respect to you, there is a judge we all have to stand before sometime," she said. Davis confessed to clear her conscience and claimed the sex was consensual [the victim was 12], defense attorney Byron Potts said. He blamed her actions on a poor upbringing and abuse when she was a child."

Here is another National Post article defending men. This time, Barbara Kay writes about how society is much tougher on violent male criminals than on violent female criminals. Excerpt:

'We have heard the story before. The names change, the province changes, the particulars of the custody case change, the age of the dead child changes, but some things stay the same when a mother kills her own children: Any objective observer can see the tragedy coming a mile away, the children are not removed from her toxic embrace before it happens, and the mother is not only insufficiently punished (if at all) for the crime, but receives public sympathy on the assumption she was driven to it by forces beyond her control.'

The day has come when touting one's credentials as a team hand-around from the 1960s is qualification for secretary of state of a state? Yes, read it here. No further comments from me I think are necessary. Excerpt:

'The usually ho-hum race for Wisconsin secretary of state is being spiced up by one candidate's naughty tell-all book about her bed-hopping exploits with Green Bay football legends during the team's glory days under Vince Lombardi in the 1960s.

Sandy Sullivan, a 65-year-old Republican with no political experience, self-published a gushing memoir in 2004 titled "Green Bay Love Stories and Other Affairs" in which she claims she was the girlfriend of Green Bay Packers Paul Hornung and Dan Currie, deflected a pass from Hall of Famer Don Hutson and was on the receiving end of a saucy comment from Richard Nixon.'

Add this (embedded video) to your list of ridiculous spins on poor-dearism. At this point I put nothing past the feminist hooey machine. The story talks about how some women join the military to help with their weight-loss regimen and how it often doesn't work.

What is one supposed to conclude? That the military (ie, men) isn't doing enough to help them? That they are victims?

How about this: I am going to join the Army so I can get a scholarship to a college after two years in. When after reading the enlistment contract and fully knowing that I could be sent into battle one day, six months later a shooting war starts and I have to go fight in it. Now, should you feel sorry for me?