by Frank Bergman‚ Slay News: A bombshell election integrity investigation has found that between 7% and 18% of registered voters in 26 U.S. states are fake. The investigation‚ conducted by Omega4America‚ found that the fake voters either didn’t exist or their residing address had been fabricated. The firm carried out a long audit of voter rolls […]

As a fisherman in Maine’s groundfish industry‚ Geordie King is used to uncertainty: Once your net is cast‚ you never know what it will haul up when it returns‚ if it returns at all. This unpredictability holds true in general when it comes to the sea‚ which swayed King’s 49-foot‚ teal-hulled gillnetter‚ the Brittany Lynn‚ in gentle rolls as we sat in her wheelhouse‚ the boat’s engine idling beneath our feet. But even for King — who‚ after fishing in the Gulf of Maine for 40 years‚ was used to his work being affected by the volatility of innumerable factors — the abruptness with which the pandemic upended the fishing industry was remarkable. “It pretty much came to a dead stop for several months‚” King remembered‚ his eyes searching somewhere beyond the wheelhouse’s window‚ where the water of Casco Bay sparkled in the tilted winter sun. “The markets momentarily dried up‚ trucking dried up … the whole infrastructure came to a grinding halt. So that basically put a stop to fishing.” Geordie King‚ owner of the Brittany Lynn‚ has been fishing in the Gulf of Maine for 40 years. Credit: Kea Krause It wasn’t the fishing itself that was the problem. In fact‚ many boats were able to safely resume operations within the first year of the pandemic — the coastal breeze supplied adequate air circulation; the open ocean‚ with no land in sight‚ provided ample social distancing. But as Susan Olcott‚ the director of operations of the nonprofit Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA)‚ lays out‚ just about every other aspect of the industry was in crisis. Fishermen “didn’t have a market for their catch. Restaurants were closed and overseas markets were not happening‚” Olcott explains. “It was not profitable for people to keep fishing.”  When the pandemic struck‚ MCFA had already been supporting Maine’s fishermen and working waterfronts for 15 years. And as Olcott‚ along with Ben Martens‚ MCFA’s executive director‚ witnessed the pandemic’s havoc on the community‚ the nonprofit launched a program called Fishermen Feeding Mainers (FFM) to help out people like King as they navigated the unfolding disaster. Using federal COVID relief funding‚ FFM purchased fish at the Portland Fish Exchange from groundfish captains‚ which guaranteed competitive prices. By investing in their fish‚ FFM enabled fishermen to return to work‚ confident that they would receive fair pay for their catch. In turn‚ FFM would make good use of the fish: by donating it to local food banks and the food programs of public school districts. 

In 1984‚ women began asking the questions: “Where have all the good men gone‚ / And where are all the gods? / Where’s the streetwise Hercules / To fight the rising odds?” Thank you‚ chart-topping singer Bonnie Tyler‚ for your musical inspiration! Tyler’s song “Holding Out for a Hero” first hit a nerve back in 1984 in the movie “Footloose.” And it continues to hit a nerve today as we find ourselves in what many call “a boy crisis.” Brenda Hafera‚ a frequent guest on the “Problematic Women” podcast‚ says this crisis manifests as men and boys are “struggling mentally‚ physically‚ academically‚ economically‚ and spiritually because of the absence of fathers‚ the failures of our education system and policies‚ and changes in both the job market and our culture.”  As employment and IQ rates for men fell in recent years‚ suicide rates increased.  The crisis being experienced by men “is the result of decades of harmful ideas‚ policies‚ and even technologies‚” Hafera‚ assistant director and senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation’s Simon Center for American Studies‚ writes in a recent report. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news and commentary outlet.) “These elements have often exacerbated each other‚” Hafera writes‚ adding that “because the state of men helps to shape the state of society‚ the boy crisis is at once a driver and symptom of fundamental societal ills.”  the surface‚ the solution to the problem is simple: good fathers! Hafera is among many scholars who argue that a direct correlation exists between boys and men who have a present‚ loving father in their lives and rates of success and achievement. Hafera points to research on the importance of fathers‚ citing the book “The Boy Crisis” by Warren Farrell and John Gray.  “Whether or not dad is present impacts school achievement‚ verbal intelligence and quantitative abilities‚ school dropouts‚ employment‚ suicide‚ drugs‚ homelessness‚ bullying‚ victimization‚ violent crime‚ rape‚ poverty and mobility‚ hypertension‚ trust‚ and empathy‚” Hafera writes.  Of course‚ establishing loving fathers in homes across America is more difficult in practice. So how can this be done? What are the real solutions to the modern-day crisis of men? “The solutions to the boy crisis will be far-reaching and multitudinous‚” Hafera says‚ “including policies that may not immediately seem obviously relevant to the boy crisis.” Among them: Promoting school choice and classical and civic education. Disrupting the accreditation monopoly. Reforming colleges and universities. Increasing vocational and apprenticeship programs. Invigorating mentorship and single-sex activities and spaces. Renewing positive media portrayals and societal respect for men and fatherhood. Establishing and revisiting age-appropriate curtailments on technologies‚ drug policies‚ welfare and disability regulations‚ and family law. Hafera joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to discuss how these solutions can begin to address the “boy crisis” and what role we as women have to play.  Listen to the podcast below: Read Hafera’s full report on “the boy crisis” here. The post ‘Where Have All the Good Men Gone?’ Solutions to the ‘Boy Crisis’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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