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I wanted to say “I told you so” when I heard the news that Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter wasn’t marrying her baby daddy. It’s amazing how so many conservatives rallied around Governor Palin and her family when it was announced that Bristol was pregnant. Bristol became the poster child of what it meant to have a child out of wedlock because, unlike so many other young girls, her...

This is about Aliahna Lemmon, the little girl in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was murdered and dismembered by a man her mother trusted. Poor Tarah Souders. I feel terrible about what happened to her family and I’m not going to question what type of parent she is. In other words, I’m sure she loves her children more than anything in the world, but soon after her father became ill with emphysema,...

Pick a teenage girl you know. Almost any girl will do. Ask her to describe her body. Chances are she’ll begin by telling you what’s wrong with it. Maybe her waist is too thick, maybe her eyes are too far apart, or perhaps she feels her belly isn’t flat enough. Maybe she thinks her calves aren’t shapely or her behind is too big. Odds are good that she will not volunteer what...

It Will Never Happen Again- If international pop star, Rihanna, can forgive her pop star boyfriend, Chris Brown, why shouldn't I? A few weeks ago Chris was charged with severely beating Rihanna and pictures were released to prove it. This happened on the eve of the Grammy's, an event that is probably the most important night in the music industry. Allegedly, the incident began over a text...