British Press Get it Wrong on U.S. Woman’s Kidnapping of Children

July 9, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

I think I’ll start a fundraising campaign to buy telephones for British “journalists.” I think it’s a shame that perfectly upstanding reporters don’t have telephones. After all, their job is to report the news and that often means interviewing people who aren’t present and can only be reached by long-range communications devices. Read more...



New Study of Domestic Violence: ‘Women Significantly More Likely to be Physically Aggressive’

July 7, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

We’ve known for decades that women and men are about equally likely to commit domestic violence. We’ve had solid information on the subject since around 1971 when Erin Pizzey opened the first women’s DV shelter in England. There she found that 62% of the women who came to her were as violent or more violent than the men they’d left. Read more...



In Australia, More of the Same on Children’s Overnights from the Anti-Dad Crowd

July 6, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

One way or another, Jennifer McIntosh and her colleagues who oppose fathers having overnight care of their children before they reach age five just never quite seem to go away. And when they poke their heads up, they always seem to be saying the same things and those things always seem to be at odds with the truth. Indeed, the more they attempt to “correct the record,” the more the record stays the same. Read more...



Houston Dad Freed From Jail; Still Owes $10K

July 4, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.





I first reported on Hall This case is finally over (KTRK, 7/2/14). Well, it’s over for everyone except the dad, Cliff Hall.I first reported on Hall here . He’s the Houston father who was ordered to jail for failure to pay child support. The only problem with that was the fact that he’d paid every penny he owed. So how’d Judge Lisa Millard figure he was behind? Read more...



Nebraska: Equal Parenting Petition Ignore by Supreme Court

July 4, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.





I’ve reported a lot on the doings in Nebraska. What looked like the last-ditch effort of the anti-dad/anti-kid forces came when their own study of custody cases in the state revealed they have no basis for their opposition. Now, of course we’d known that all along. Opponents of shared parenting are digging their heels in to stop even modest improvements in the time children spend with their fathers post-divorce. Nebraska is the latest battleground.I’ve reported a lot on the doings in Nebraska. What looked like the last-ditch effort of the anti-dad/anti-kid forces came when their own study of custody cases in the state revealed they have no basis for their opposition. Now, of course we’d known that all along. Read more...



My Speech to the First Annual International Men’s Issues Conference

July 3, 2014 by Robert Franklin, Esq.





Below is the text of my speech and



Like so many people here, I’ve had my own red-pill moment. Mine came in 1997 when a friend of mine, Greg, received a telephone call from a young man. The young man was Greg’s son. He was 21 years old, but Greg had never heard of him before. 22 years previously, Greg had had a brief affair and, unknown to him, the woman had conceived a child. She’d broken off the relationship and they’d gone their separate ways until the young man asked his mother for a gift on his 21st birthday — to meet his father. I attended and was privileged to speak at the First Annual International Men’s Issues Conference held in Detroit on June 26 — 28. The Conference was a huge success and for me an extremely gratifying experience. Many of the pioneers of the movement for men’s issues were there including Warren Farrell, Erin Pizzey, Paul Elam and many more. The Conference testified to the growth, strength and intellectual heft of a movement whose time, finally, has come.Below is the text of my speech and here is my introduction by Attila Vinczer and here’s the speech itself.Like so many people here, I’ve had my own red-pill moment. Mine came in 1997 when a friend of mine, Greg, received a telephone call from a young man. The young man was Greg’s son. He was 21 years old, but Greg had never heard of him before. 22 years previously, Greg had had a brief affair and, unknown to him, the woman had conceived a child. She’d broken off the relationship and they’d gone their separate ways until the young man asked his mother for a gift on his 21st birthday — to meet his father. Read more...



