Alex Chediak

It is being widely reported that Ms. Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Briefly, Sotomayor was first appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1992. She served there until 1998, when President Clinton appointed her to the U.S. Appeals Court. Clinton's nomination occurred in 1997, but her confirmation took about 1 year. The Administration is hoping for hearings in July and a confirmation before summer recess. The case for Sotomayor: Compelling personal biography (raised in housing projects in the … [Read more...] about Sonia Sotomayor – Supreme Court Nominee

HarperCollins, slated to release Gov. Sarah Palin's as-yet untitled memoir in the spring of 2010, announced that World Magazine Features Editor Lynn Vincent has been signed on as Palin's collaborator. Vincent, 46, has collaborated on four previous memoirs, including Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together, which has sold nearly half a million copies and has stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 59 consecutive weeks. The book has helped raise more than $30 million for homeless shelters … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin To Write Memoir with World Magazine Editor

In 2007, about 40% of American children were born out of wedlock. Perhaps surprisingly, only 23% of these non-marital births were to teens. None of this should come as a surprise, says Bradford Wilcox in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, given that a 2003 Gallup Survey found that 64% of young adults age 18 to 29 thought that having a baby out of wedlock was "morally acceptable." Writes Wilcox:But a number of academics and advocates who track family issues are more than willing to provide intellectual cover to contemporary young adults' laissez-faire approach to childbearing and … [Read more...] about The Real Pregnancy Crisis

From the Supreme Court of California website: The California Supreme Court has announced that it will issue an opinion in three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (Strauss v. Horton, S168047; Tyler v. State of California, S168066; City and County of San Francisco v. Horton, S168078.) Tuesday (5/26/09) at 10 A.M. The opinion will be available on the California Courts Web site.For those unaware, California voters passed Proposition 8 last November. It changed the CA constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to "marry" in … [Read more...] about CA Supreme Court To Rule on Prop 8 on Tue