Dan Quayle is still Right!

Remember when Dan Quayle was unmercifully pilloried in the press for criticizing the fictional Murphy Brown for having a baby out of wedlock? Then a few years later the research came dribbling in, and there was a famous essay in Atlantic, "Dan Quayle was right" by Barbara Whitehead which was in turn followed up by people in the Clinton administration studying poverty in children. The figures are stunning. Only 8% of children of married parents grow up in poverty--compared with 56% of single moms.

Why the writers of Bones bring in a "baby makes 3" with no marriage in season 7 I don't know. Even if the star is pregnant, there are many ways to work around that. Not only do babies complicate plots, but most certainly kill the series. All research for the last 2 decades points to unmarried parents as the #1 reason for poverty among children. Actors, screenwriters, directors, investors and producers commanding thousands of dollars per episode don't care about poor children, only big bank accounts. And what do you want to bet they are all liberal Democrats supporting Obama?