Sounds like a boon for lawyers: A growing number of unmarried couples are seeking similar legal protections through cohabitation agreements. These legally-binding contracts, which are drawn up by an attorney, protect each person's assets, address child custody issues and determine support obligations, much like prenuptial agreements do. "We've seen a real dramatic increase," said Ken Altshuler, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, or AAML. "A lot more people are delaying, or forgoing, marriage and people are realizing as you get older, you have more things to … [Read more...] about Prenups for Cohabiting Couples
Archives for March 2012
Intellectuals and Society – Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell's latest book is now in trade paper edition, and somehow I got on their list and they sent me one -- a 680 page tome called Intellectuals and Society. This book takes aim at the bias that often pervades the highest levels of the academy, and other domains of "intellectuals" in our society. On this book, the Washington Times reports, “Mr. Sowell builds a devastating case against the leftist antiwar political and intellectual establishment." My wife read an earlier version of this book and found it riveting. Sowell is brilliant at explaining powerful concepts and ideas in a … [Read more...] about Intellectuals and Society – Thomas Sowell
Khan Academy: The future of education?
A great segment on a great man with a great mission. As an educator, I fully affirm what Khan is doing. Active learning far exceeds passive learning. Students need to get information out of class, then come to class to master it -- and master it at their own pace, with facilitators assisting them in the process, providing one-on-one interaction, to the extent possible, on the exact issues which those students are failing (after their own efforts) to fully grasp. And I love that he makes it free. … [Read more...] about Khan Academy: The future of education?
The Most Significant Theological Issues Facing Christian Higher Ed?
Phil Ryken (President, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL) lists what he sees as the three biggest challenges: • Human sexuality and a Christian understanding of marriage and sexual behavior. • Human origins as it relates particularly to the historicity of Adam and Eve, but more generally questions related to Christianity and evolution, creation and evolution. • Not losing our zeal for evangelism, particularly for proclaiming the gospel in words as well as witnessing to the gospel in deeds. From an interview in Christianity Today, conducted by Timothy Morgan, featuring Phil Ryken and … [Read more...] about The Most Significant Theological Issues Facing Christian Higher Ed?
Matt Chandler The Explicit Gospel
I just received the advance proof of Matt Chandler's first book and look forward to diving into it. “If you only read one book this year, make it this one. It’s that important.” —Rick Warren, #1 New York Times best-selling author, The Purpose Driven Life; Pastor, Saddleback Church “This book, like the gospel itself, is clarifying, convicting, comforting, and compelling all at the same time. I wholeheartedly invite you to read it, to be overwhelmed by the mercy and majesty of God in the gospel, and then to spend your life making this gospel explicit in every facet of your life … [Read more...] about Matt Chandler The Explicit Gospel
No Clear Path to Victory for Romney
I've always enjoyed numbers, so the delegate contest in the GOP presidential race has been interesting. Romney is now telling the media it would take a miracle for anyone else to get to the required 1,144 delegates. And that's true, if current trends persist. The problem? At the current rate, it appears he, too, would fall short. As John Avlon and Ben Jacobs explain: If Mitt wins every remaining all-or-nothing state but one, and half of the remaining proportional delegates, he would likely still fall short of the magic nomination number of 1,144—which would force him to rely on unpledged … [Read more...] about No Clear Path to Victory for Romney