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...Orlando Patterson's "The New Black Nativism" [Feb. 19] brought to mind the support that many African Americans gave O.J. Simpson while he was on trial for the murder of his wife. If it's true that black Americans seem less likely to support Barack Obama as a presidential candidate because he is "the son of an immigrant ... brought up by middle-class whites," why was there such overwhelming support for O.J., who does not come close to representing the average African American (or the average white American for that matter...
...Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, has conducted research on lesbian-headed families since the early 1980s. Gartrell's findings have proven that "in social and psychological development, the children [of lesbian parents] were comparable to children raised in heterosexual families." In addition, Dr. Charlotte Patterson, Professor of Psychology as the University of Virginia and respected family and child researcher, has determined that "there is no evidence that the development of children with lesbian or gay parents is compromised in any significant respect relative to that among children of heterosexual parents in otherwise comparable circumstances...
Each story begins with an introduction by best-selling thriller writer James Patterson that serves to orient the stories within the fabric of each author’s body of work, and Patterson’s attention to detail will be appreciated by longtime fans and newcomers alike...
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...those two got a fancy set of wheels, how could she leave her younger daughter Addie out of the equation? The high-priced solution she and her husband devised: three kiddie Jeeps. "We laugh at ourselves now," says Patterson. "That was $900 driving around in the backyard. If we were not a blended family, there's no way we would have done this. We go overboard to be fair...