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Penna Dexter The #MeToo movement is forcing companies to deal with questions of workplace dating etiquette. The recent proliferation of abuse-of-power and sexual harassment allegations has many firms scrambling to establish stricter guidelines while avoiding excessive policing of relationships. For the last decade the share of workers who say they have dated a co-worker has hovered around 40 percent. It…

Penna Dexter As January — Sanctity of Human Life Month — drew to a close, the US Senate failed again in its effort to curtail late-term abortions. The bill is The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. It bans abortions after the five-month mark in a woman’s pregnancy. Research shows an unborn child is fully capable of feeling pain at this…

Penna Dexter Capping off a dramatic seven-day hearing last month, a Michigan judge delivered a 175-year prison sentence to former USA gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, for sexual abuse of patients. Nassar, a physician at Michigan State University, was also the team doctor for the school’s gymnastics club. Testimonies from 156 of Nassar’s victims and 169 victim impact statements, revealed…

Penna Dexter The feminist Left may not admit it, but the #MeToo movement is a sign that the sexual revolution has failed women. Accounts of real sexual assault and harassment are pouring in, resulting in heavy costs to the perpetrators. But there’s also a simmering discontent among women with the sexual culture as a whole. A recent account of a…

Penna Dexter A bill working its way through the California Senate would require the state’s public universities and colleges, including community colleges, to offer abortion drugs at their health centers. The bill’s sponsor, state Senator Connie Leyva, insists it’s necessary to relieve young women of the “burden” of traveling to obtain an abortion. She says, “Students should not have to…

Penna Dexter A survey recently released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that, over the past decade, the number of high-school-age teens who are engaging in sex has dropped dramatically with especially pronounced declines in the past two years. The report’s authors are particularly encouraged by the steep fall in the rate of sexual activity among…

Penna Dexter Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger says there are two Trump presidencies that “exist in parallel universes.” One presidency, he writes, is “inhabited by Trump of Twitter.” He continues, “Much of the American population is appalled by Trump of Twitter who lives in a dark and deeply personal pool of feuds and fulminations.” This made for a chaotic…

Penna Dexter We are at a moment in our history in which prayer during cabinet meetings is a bit disconcerting to many members of the media who cover the White House. “Unusual” and “striking,” even “creepy” were words reporters used to describe a recent moment of prayer about the passage of historic tax legislation. The president seemed to enjoy taunting…

Penna Dexter Hollywood celebrities put on a special Christmas extravaganza last week to raise money. Their cause: Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. I love culture warrior Gary Bauer’s take on this. He says, “If King Herod were alive today, he’d have a photo on his wall signed by Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. In an attempt to…

Penna Dexter States across the nation have been redirecting taxpayer dollars away from Planned Parenthood and toward health clinics that do not offer abortions. It’s time for the federal government to do the same. And the US Justice Department may now provide strong justification. Prompted by David Daleiden’s investigations into Planned Parenthood’s baby-parts-for-profits transactions, two congressional committees have been looking…