Archive for March 1st, 2010

The goal of the Abusegate, Investigate! campaign is to get every American to learn about the falsehoods and fraud that envelope the domestic violence industry. We track the progress of our ongoing campaign by doing a Google search on the word “Abusegate” at the end of each month. At the end of January, there were... »

Domestic violence laws represent the “largest roll-back in Americans’ civil rights since the Jim Crow era” — Washington Civil Rights Council “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.” — Judge Learned Hand “I am not going to sit here... »

Columnist Deborah Simmons published a column Friday in the Washington Times on Sen. Reid’s recent Senate-floor rant on abusive unemployed men. Simmons starts off her column by critiquing VAWA and citing Dr. Martin Fiebert’s comprehensive summary of DV research – good enough. But then she makes the curious remark that Sen. Harry Reid’s comment was actually... »

Here’s possibly the best 7-sentence analysis of the Violence Against Women Act ever written, courtesy of blogger Suzanne Venker: “Under the VAWA, domestic acts don’t have to be violent to be punished under the definition of domestic violence. Name-calling, put-downs, shouting, negative looks or gestures, ignoring opinions, or constant criticizing can all be legally... »