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The Year in Technology: 2009

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Opinion, Internet, Technology, Humor, Kids, 2009, Family Values, Family, Parenting, Technology News
Nicholas Weinstock

1. ME: ... So the three dragons crept deeper into the terrifying castle. They shivered with fear. A knight could be lurking around any corner. ...

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Please Don't Tolerate Me, Reverend Senator Díaz

Johnathan Wilber | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Gang of Three, Family Values, New York State Senate, Christopher Lynn, New York Times, Christian Right, Richard Dawkins, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, New York, Sarah Palin, Reverend Ruben Diaz, Politics News
Johnathan Wilber

I guess I need one of these evangelists to explain the "it's nothing personal" thing to me. Because frankly I can't imagine a single thing more personal than denying my family rights.

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Obama: As A Woman, Michelle Had To Make Sacrifices I Didn't Have To (VIDEO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama on Women, Women, Women's Rights, Michelle Obama, Obama Women Issues, Family Values, Obama Men Obtuse, Michelle Obama Women's Issues, President Obama, Obama Family, Obama, Women Issues, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his family is like a lot of others -- in which the men "need to be knocked across the head every once in a w...

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Life Lessons From The City of The Dead

Lisa Haisha | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Egypt, Human Rights, Poverty, Family Values, Middle East, Spirituality, Travel, Death and Dying, Living News
Lisa Haisha

Stretching for miles along the base of the hillsides just beyond the city of Cairo is a group of ancient cemeteries that occupies approximately 15,000 acres. About 500,000 people call these cemetaries home.

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How Working Mothers Handle Life: Pew Study

Pew Social & Demographic Trends | Kim Parker | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Happiness, Women's Issues, Family Values, Working Mothers, Working Women, Women in Business, Working Families, Stress Reduction, Family, Working Moms, Gender Roles, Living News

Working mothers in particular are ambivalent about whether full-time work is the best thing for them or their children; they feel the tug of family mu...

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Evangelical Christians, United Nations, Secession, Green, Green Business, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Fundamentalists, Fascism, Tax Day Tea Party, Values Voters, Mike Huckabee, Values, Green Technology, Republican Party, Health Care, Tea Party, Carrie Prejean, Jim Demint, Fascist, Environmentalism, Christian Right, Green Living, Barack Obama, Values Voters Summit, Michele Bachmann, Martin Luther King, Family Values, Health Care Reform, Environment, Green News, Value Voters Summit, Bill O'Reilly, Healthcare, Republicans, Marvin Gaye, Politics News
David A. Love

Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Roots of Right-Wing Populist Rage -- Reds to Beds

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality, Values Voters, Populism, Family Values, Evangelical Christians, Sociology, Anti-Abortion, Christian Right, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Sex Education, Politics News
Chip Berlet

There are tens of millions of conservative Christian evangelicals who read, watch, or hear crazy messages on a weekly basis. Stop laughing and start organizing.

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When Freedom Is a Dirty Word

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Care, James Dobson, Carl and Raylene Worthington, Religious Right, Republicans, Family Values, Religious Freedom, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The religious right, the gun-carrying paranoids all have one thing in common: they are taking a libertarian/religious view to an extreme that will unhinge this country.

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Hypocrisy, Lies and Videotape

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, John Ensign, Family Values, Orange County, David Lynch, Larry Craig, Mike Duvall, Republicans, Conservatives, Sex, Politics News
Michael Sigman

The closer we look at the self-righteous leaders of the Right, the more we see the ugliness of -- well, let's use Mike Duvall's euphemism -- inappropriate story telling.

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ABC-TV, Why Do You Hate Amurika?

Edward Murray | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Liberal Media, Lies, Rich Rodriguez, Conservatives, Family Values, University of Michigan, Neoconservatives, College Football, Blashphemy, Town Hall Meetings, America, Comedy News
Edward Murray

I am writing this letter to you, ABC-TV bulk mail paper shredder, because I demand that you erase this encounter from my memory with your classified alien technology.

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Legacy: What About the Value of "Your Stuff"?

Rachael Freed | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Values, Giving, Materialism, Family Values, Legacy-Writing, Ethical Will, Legacy, Living News
Rachael Freed

Ethical wills are about values, not valuables. But what about the category of stuff -- of value or not?

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What's Good For the Goose...

Fred Silberberg | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Women, Divorce, Family Law, Role Models, Spousal Support, Men, Father's Rights, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Values, Divorce-Psychology, Living News
Fred Silberberg

There seems to exist a double-standard in the minds of many women caught in the midst of a divorce which makes me wonder, why the battle for equal rights?

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Six Steps On the Easy Road to Unlimited Happiness

Todd Bottorff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Diablo Cody, Affection, Household Budgets, Nirvana, Better-Life, Stretching Exercises, Stretching, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Happiness Study, Cleanliness, How to Be Happy, Hugging, Walking, Family Values, Exercise, Being Happy, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
Todd Bottorff

The biggest impact on our happiness begins with the difference between thinking about it and doing something (which is a step that most people never take).

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The Legacy of Giving: Teens Practice Philanthropy

Rachael Freed | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Philanthropy, Legacy, Giving, Family Values, Values, Ethical Will, Living News
Rachael Freed

People are more open about sex and death than about money, which may be our last taboo. Though challenging, let's look at the relationship of money, values and legacy.

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Recession: We're All in this Together, Part 5

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Family Values, Economic Recession, Children, Recession Fears, Real Estate, Recession, Quality of Life, Family, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

When I think of the stress that often develops out of money troubles, I wonder what might have become of the lovely marriages and families I know had bankruptcy not relieved a heavy burden.

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Hypocrisy in High Places

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Mark Sanford, Ted Haggard, Rob Livingston, Hypocrisy, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Sexual Misconduct, Henry Hyde, John Ensign, Jimmy Swaggart, Family Values, Chip Pickering, David Vitter, Sexual Infidelity, Politics News
Ruth Bettelheim

When we repress important needs and desires so severely that we are unable to accept them as a part of ourselves, we give up the possibility of a controlled, thoughtful response to them.

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Euphemisms

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Family Values, Family, Grieving, Death, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

At her funeral, I don't remember crying. I remember not wanting to deal with her death, not wanting to deal with my mother's grief, wanting to have my life, my youth.

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True Food: A Love Poem

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics of Food, Family Values, Children, Food Crisis, Health, Food Additives, Food, Autism, Children's Health, Healthcare, Family, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

As headlines swirl and climates whirl/ And Wall Street finds its feet/ There's one refrain that doesn't change/ "Mommy, what's there to eat?"

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Gay America's Afternoon in the White House

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Values, Equal Rights, Sally Kern, Doma, President Obama, Evangelical Christians, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Gregory

At Monday's address, President Obama renewed thin promises while asking for patience. There was no message indicating that homophobia is the problem, not homosexuals.

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Jenny Sanford -- The Political Spouse Role Model for My Daughter

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Role Models, Mark Sanford, Jenny Sanford, Joanne Bamberger, Punditmom, Family Values, Political Spouses, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

The message often sent to our kids is that it's okay for husbands to wander and that wives will still stick around, regardless of how badly they've been betrayed. That is, until Jenny Sanford.

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Why Other People's Marriages Are Our Business

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hypocrisy, Mark Sanford, Adultery, Gay Rights, John Ensign, Family Values, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Proponents of full equality for gay and lesbian couples should not be arguing that marriage is a purely private matter, unconnected to the public culture we are seeking to join.

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Sanford, in a Family Way

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanford and Appalachian Trail, Sanford and Family Values, Mark Sanford, Traditional Marriage, Mark Sanford Argentina, Sanford and Traditional Marriage, Civil Unions, Sanford and Argentina, Family Values, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

"You saw the press conference?" "Of course I saw the press conference. Very strange." "Very strange. And you read the e-mails?" "Of course I re...

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Death to Family Values - Zippers at Half Mast

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Maher, Family Values, Civil Rights, Gloria Steinem, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Bill Maher used to tell a joke, which is funny but not true. He'd ask the question why are we trying to stop gay people from getting married; they're ...

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Incarcerated Fathers Are Still Fathers

Alden Loury | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Children of the Incarcerated, Single Parents, Family Values, Prison, Daniel Beaty, Criminal Justice, Father's Day, Father Absence, Video, Chicago News
Alden Loury

In Illinois, nearly 90,000 children have a parent in prison or a parent who recently left prison. That pain can last for decades, and it doesn't instantly dissolve when those imprisoned fathers come home.

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Cheney's Right: Limbaugh's A Better Republican Than Powell

Ron Kuby | Posted 06.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Ron-Kuby-Air-America, Fiscal Conservatives, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Family Values, Dick Cheney, Comedy News
Ron Kuby

Powell wasted his time going to college and graduate school when he could have been out making real money. Limbaugh dropped out of college after only two semesters and never went back to those liberal-infested halls.

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