Jedediah Bila

In the current political climate, the topic of “women’s issues” makes daily headlines and is regularly featured as a priority on television and radio. But what about men? In the face of some alarming statistics with respect to male enrollments in college and male suicide rates, I was left wondering—why is this happening and what’s [...]

On November 24, one day after the release of her latest book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, I conducted a twenty-minute telephone interview with Governor Sarah Palin. We’ve all read a lot about Palin over the past two years. Critics have labeled her as everything from a diva to naïve to [...]

EMILY’s List, a self-proclaimed “community of progressive Americans dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of office,” has launched its latest scheme against Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies” outreach. If you haven’t checked out the video, you must. It’s downright hysterical. And not just because of the bear costumes and growling. Some of the [...]

On Saturday, I decided to help out a friend by babysitting her daughter, Amy. Amy’s pretty much an adult living inside a six-year-old body, which made for an interesting afternoon (especially because I’m about seven at heart, eight on a mature day). We stopped by a nearby candy store first. Amy picked up a small [...]

Merriam-Webster defines tolerance as “sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own.” Dictionary.com defines it as “a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own.” And America’s Left defines it as compassion for those they agree with, coupled with [...]

As The Daily Caller’s coverage of the now-defunct liberal listserv Journolist’s 2008 Obamamania campaign grew more intriguing each day this week, a slew of emails hit my inbox asking variations of this: “So, when do you think the P-bomb’s going to drop?” Of course, they were referring to the fact that there was no way [...]

Katie Couric recently interviewed far-left feminist darling Gloria Steinem and the president of the left-wing Women’s Media Center, Jehmu Greene, for a @katiecouric segment titled “A Woman’s World?” Before I begin, let’s take a moment to appreciate the diversity of thought Couric chose for her panel: two liberal, pro-abortion, conservative-bashing “feminists.” Now, don’t make any [...]

As I exited a small café in Massachusetts on a recent weekend getaway, two women were standing outside holding signs that read Stop the anti-woman GOP women. (They were not far from another female wearing a poster that read Death penalty for Bush/Cheney, among other delightful messages of liberal tolerance. But I digress.) I casually [...]

My mother recently received some interesting mail. Upon opening it, she quickly enjoyed a hearty laugh. Dad soon stuck it in an envelope and sent it my way. So, what summer gift did the Bilas receive in the mail this year? A request for donations from EMILY’s List. We’ll get to the accompanying letter soon [...]

You often speak about your fondness for older generations. What is the best life lesson you’ve learned from them?—Jennifer; Long Island, NY There are so many, but I think my #1 would be to toughen up. I noticed as a teenager that my grandparents and their friends were a lot tougher than I was. They [...]