When people ask me how can I be divorced with two children and pay no child support, I tell them I took a cue from Nancy Reagan; I “just said no.” I took the road less traveled. For the past twenty years, I’ve been fortunate to be a full-time musician. Since our daughter’s birth in…
Read moreCultural Appropriation
Is is cultural appropriation for Audra McDonald or Kathleen Battle to sing Opera? Living Colour to play metal music? Teena Marie to sing and rap in Square Biz? Darius Rucker to sing country? Tower Of Power to play funk? Eminem to be one of the greatest rappers of all time? What about a Hasidic Jew…
Read moreLess Sex Because Of Helicopter Parenting
“In a report published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, data from more than 26,000 people showed longer work hours and the use of pornography didn’t correlate with the decline in sexual activity. Nor did factors like gender, race, income, or level of education. Instead, trends toward helicopter parenting and a growing body of unmarried…
Read moreWhy marriage, not just living together, may be the key to family stability
An interesting study by: W. Bradford Wilcox and Laurie DeRose Our results suggest that there is something about marriage per se that bolsters stability. It could be the elaborate ritual marking the entry into marriage; the norms of commitment, fidelity, and permanence associated with the institution; the distinctive treatment of family and friends extended to married…
Read moreTrending Towards Traditionalism?
The day when women create sperm and can impregnate men so that they can have babies, that is the day men and women will be equal. Until then, we will be different. Accept it and enjoy it. We will always be different. Or, like Stevie Wonder said many years ago: Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea Until…
Read moreMaybe it’s YOU?
I just finished an article titled: “Why Does Dating Men Make Me Feel Like Shit?” The author says, “For the first time in years, I find myself feeling ugly. What changed was that I started dating men.” It’s not the fault of “men.” Maybe this writer needs more therapy or something. “Know why men fear…
Read moreThe Daily Grind – #fatherhood #rest #priorities
Fourteen years as a father has taught me a lot about life. It has opened my eyes to human nature, the way different people think. It has also helped me see myself in a different light. I realize that I can push myself to do things that I don’t necessarily want to do. Ever…
Read moreDenzel Washington On Fathers And Sons – Joy and Pain
Ummm yeah but….. Joy is also passed down from father to son too. My father had a lot of joy and I certainly pass it on to my son (and daughter). My father was/is a MAN. He was there for me and my sisters and still is. Some of you may know, my horrific divorce…
Read moreWendy Williams Advises A Woman To Trick Her Husband Into Having Second Baby
Do Women Really Want Equality?
An excerpt from this article: https://medium.com/@NikitaCcoulombe/do-women-really-want-equality-4374910f2236#.bwcnrtwrk Do women really want equality? It’s a question I think every one of us needs to ask ourselves. Because frankly I don’t think many of us do, not real equality anyways. Feminists would have us believe that life is so much worse for women than men, that we are…
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