Today is Blog Catalog’s Blogging for a Great Cause Challenge: Bloggers Against Abuse. None of my family or close friends has ever been the victim of spousal or child abuse – at least if anyone close to me has been abused, I haven’t known about it. Yet I am passionate about stopping violence against women … Read more
The statistics on the Parents Against Predators Act (P.A.P.A.) Web site are appalling and frightening: It is estimated that a sexual assault occurs every 2.5 minutes in the the United States and more than 200,000 people in the United States are victims of sexual assault; 1 in every 6 females and 1 of every 33 … Read more
Yesterday’s post highlighted one “good news” Web site, Gimundo, because that site had declared June 21 as Good News Day. However, in the comments, a reader pointed out another “good news” Web site: HappyNews.com. Since several people commented that they appreciated hearing about good news, it seems worthwhile to point out this and other “good … Read more
Do you get depressed reading the newspaper or watching TV news? Do you wish somebody would report the GOOD news for a change? Gimundo is a Web site devoted to reporting only good news. You’ll find encouraging stories, uplifting words, and inspiring videos. You can read about heroic actions, medical advances, environmental progress, caring celebrities, … Read more
Mig at Pamil Visions’ eWritings introduced me to Blogger Power: Safeguard the Web for Children. The project calls on bloggers to ask adult sites to require password-protected access to safeguard children from encountering porn. Jon Howard at Force for Good and Michaela (Mig) Lica at Pamil Visions started the project to bring together the power … Read more
No, I’m not talking about moral RELATIVISM, but the relationship that those of us who believe in absolutes of right and wrong see between slavery and abortion. I’ve been thinking a lot about this because I’m editing a book written by a man who is a descendant of a slave and a slave owner. He … Read more