tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219039592451741506.post5296786412218761925..comments2024-02-24T23:16:53.149-08:00Comments on Searching for Bright Light: Escaping Poverty, and the Cultural tolerance for SexNorthern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15969094667907320393noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219039592451741506.post-85156176345176652942014-06-26T04:19:07.514-07:002014-06-26T04:19:07.514-07:00My wife & I were watching Wheel of Fortune the...My wife & I were watching Wheel of Fortune the other night, and a contestant proudly announced that he has a fiancée and two beautiful children. There was a time when out-of-wedlock births were an embarrassment, but now proclamations like this are commonplace and hardly raise an eyebrow. This societal and moral swing has been disastrous.ChildsPlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207706323200724033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219039592451741506.post-61888286602108941492014-06-26T01:14:22.027-07:002014-06-26T01:14:22.027-07:00I'm reminded of the Moynihan report from the 6...I'm reminded of the Moynihan report from the 60's and his trenchant comments which presaged the deleterious impact of the transfer of wealth (over a trillion dollars to-date) that systemically encouraged single parent households, driving males from their responsibilities/roles as fathers (a perversion against Gilder's book "Sexual Suicide" which eloquently illuminated the American male and his role as pursuer of his mate). Poverty driven by misguided public policy is (no matter how "well intentioned") as nefarious as anything to slide out from the underside of the left's playbook. Jg. for FatScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092383933256144130noreply@blogger.com