Category Archives: Abstinence

Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 4

Posted on May 25, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

Here are some items from my latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. 1.  Santorum does not support passing out condoms to teens in school, for he thinks that sends out a message … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family 3

Posted on May 24, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

There was a lot of good stuff in my latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good.  Here are two items: 1.  On Page 62, Santorum says: “…in many states, convicted felons can never … Continue reading →

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Tenacious Dickens; Good on Paper; Adoption; Elephants; Church Tradition; Tithed; True Church

Posted on April 29, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

1.  Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 187: The praise, the recognition that he received by getting one story in print, changed his whole career, for if it hadn’t been for that encouragement, he might have … Continue reading →

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Abstinence Teacher, Death Penalty

Posted on April 1, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

I’m taking books back to the library tomorrow, so I want to make some last minute comments about them. 1. Source: Tom Perrota, The Abstinence Teacher (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007). For more information, see Hard-Headed Practical Wisdom. Ruth … Continue reading →

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Hard-Headed Practical Wisdom

Posted on March 21, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: Tom Perrota, The Abstinence Teacher (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007) 106, 141. On and off for the next few days, I’ll be commenting on my favorite passages from this book. Its author looks so familiar to me, but … Continue reading →

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Eli Stone: Turning a Motif On Its Head

Posted on April 28, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

I know it’s late, but I want to comment on the season finale of Eli Stone. One of the subplots went like this: Toby from The West Wing (only, here, his name wasn’t “Toby”) came to Eli and wanted his … Continue reading →

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Is TV Getting More Liberal?

Posted on March 29, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

I suppose that television has always been rather liberal. Dallas, for example, presented rich capitalists as a conniving bunch of people. On Thursday night, however, I felt that the liberalism got more blatant. I watch Eli Stone on Thursday nights. … Continue reading →

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Gov. G.W.Bush and Abstinence-Only Education

Posted on November 10, 2007 by jamesbradfordpate

I said that I would review today the studies of various states on abstinence-only sex education. That project would require me to read hundreds of pages, and I’m not in the mood to do that right now. I may postpone … Continue reading →

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Public School Sex Education: My Experiences

Posted on November 8, 2007 by jamesbradfordpate

I talked yesterday about some of the scholastic information about abstinence-only education, and I may expand on this sometime in the future, possibly this Saturday. Today, I would like to share my own personal experiences with sex education in public … Continue reading →

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Do Abstinence-Only Programs Work?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by jamesbradfordpate

The Associated Press has a story today entitled Report: Abstinence Programs Don’t Work. It was about a recent study conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The study concluded that “At present there does not exist … Continue reading →

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