Should Muslim schoolgirls be required to attend swimming lessons with boys, against the wishes of their parents? According to the European Court of Human Rights, the answer is yes. Was that the right answer? On balance, I don’t think it was. The case involved two Muslim girls attending school in Switzerland. According to a BBC...
Divorce is a very tricky topic to write about it because those who have experienced divorce have experienced something very painful and feelings can be very raw. This was brought home to me again when I wrote a piece dealing with divorce for The Irish Independent last Friday. The piece was prompted by the release...
In a study reported on in the Daily Mail this week, a researcher finds that women who have had none or only one sexual partner before marriage are the least likely to divorce. Those with ten or more partners are most likely to divorce. Nicholas H. Wolfinger of the US based Institute of Family Studies is...
