According to the Guttmacher Institute, the only organization that keeps reliable stats on the issue, one in three American women, about 33 percent, has an abortion by the time she’s in her 40s. Far more American women have children by the time they are in their 40s. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2006, about 80 percent of women between the ages of 40 and 44 have at least one child.

Far more American women are concerned about how they can manage to have children and keep their jobs than they are with terminating a pregnancy, but the Democratic women who have set the feminist agenda in Washington for more than 50 years have made sure that every piece of legislation aimed at women gets boondoggled with abortion rights—a circumstance that makes better family leave policies and proposals for equal pay difficult to pass among moderates and conservatives.

Liberal women have failed American women shamefully and catastrophically.

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I've been a John McCain fan since the 1980s. But, I've never been a fan of his smile. Watching his speeches, I've gotten the impression that maybe Cindy, trying to be supportive, told him that he has a charming devilish grin and he believed her. With the political stakes so high and tension at a fever pitch, it's a relief for me to be able to say that the candidate I so deeply admire has a smile problem and I'm not alone in noting it. If you don't feel like smiling, my policy is, you shouldn't. (Full article and comments)

There is no failure to be found in anything that Palin has done in relation to the "bridge to nowhere." There is, however, failure to to be found in how Obama and Biden, given the chance to re-route that money in November 2005 to help rebuild areas destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, didn't do so. I'm sure the victims of Katrina could have used the money, but they didn't get it because Congress--including Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden--voted for the money to go to Alaska instead. (Full article and comments)

It is the height of irony that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama lays claim to the idea of embracing diversity, while many of his supporters lash out at GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin for embracing real diversity on a daily basis in a very intimate way. If you are truly tolerant of the differences of others, how is it possible that you can condemn a woman for welcoming into her family someone with Down syndrome, someone who is more discriminated against than women or blacks? (Full article and comments)

Remember when Joshua Levs was at WABE, the local National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate? I do. I don’t know Josh beyond saying hello on those very rare occasions when I see him, but I wonder if he ever listens to his old employer's station. If he did, maybe on Sunday when he was narrating a little segment on CNN about the presidential candidates’ tax plans he would have mentioned the impact of their plans on the national deficit. The deficit is not a sexy topic. Americans have come to take the deficit for granted. It's that constantly dripping faucet that you get used to and then never bother to fix. But, if we don’t fix it, we're not likely to regain any kind of long term stability, regardless of who's in the White House. NPR, one of the few news outlets that reports on the deficit, offered interesting interviews about it with Rich Wolf, USA Today’s Washington correspondent, on July 28, and David Wessel, Wall Street Journal economics editor, on Aug. 13. (Full article and comments)

.On Wednesday night, after Gov. Sarah Palin's acceptance of the GOP's vice presidental nomination, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)  sent a text over to CNN calling Palin's speech "shrill." That word is applied to only one group of people on this planet: women. Period. It denotes, in a very derogatory way, a sense of Victorian hysteria with which the most sexist men tar women. Yet, when Campbell Brown wisely and fairly pointed this out, Democrat sycophant Paul Begala accused Brown of "toning back" her journalistic analysis, as if pointing out this obvious sexist comment by Reid was somehow an indication of softness. (Full article and comments)

In their eagerness to discredit a politician, even reporters at the best of newspapers can accept shady information as fact, without checking adequately on its source. It's a sloppy way to do business, but  in a hurried profession it happens. Maybe it's just because the New York Times is so huge and so widely read that it appears to rack up more big sloppy errors than most.  A mispelling here and there, the occasional wrong date on an event, etc, these are to be expected at any newspaper, but the Times, in an odd turnabout, does pretty well on the little things and outrageously badly on some of the big things. Take for example the paper's most recent error in covering GOP vice presidential pick. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. This was published in today's Times: (Full article and comments)

According to today’s New York Times, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told an audience in New Philadelphia, Ohio, before Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention: “You did not hear a single world about the economy “Not once did they mention the hardships that people are going through.”

Well, he might have said that before Sarah’s speech, but it was already a huge oversight at best and outright lie at worst. Both Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rudolph Giuliani talked about the economy, specifically citing higher prices and lower home values. After their speeches, Palin took the stage and pointed to higher prices for groceries, gas, and heating oil—referring to homes in the northern United States in particular that use oil rather than natural gas for heat—and how these daily costs are undermining the ability of families to take care of themselves. (Full article and comments)

Just about every mom hears this at some point in her career: “Considering the hours/travel/demands, we went with another candidate for the job/promotion.” What that means is: “You have kids, so, we won't give you the job/promotion you deserve.” Which translates directly into “We’re not hiring/promoting you because you’re a woman who acts and lives like a woman.”

Remember this, because it’s going to be very important as the Democrats seek to dismantle Sarah Palin. You see, here’s something the majority of the women’s studies crowd believes, but never articulates: “The only women worthy of power are women in drag.”

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I'm not the religious type, but right now New Orleans and its residents, as well as the folks all along the Gulf coast, need our prayers and goodwill. In a few days, they may need much, much more than that. We went though this, almost to the day, just three years ago, and we learned a lot. We all learned about not being prepared, about the emptiness of just hoping for the best and leaving it up to someone else to protect us. (Full article and comments)