the value of red and blue

I am not sure which flabbbers-my-gasteds more - the trashy statements about the visciously murdered 6 year old JonBenet Ramsey or the findings of Dr. June Carbone and Dr. Naomi Cahn in their book Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture. One is so ridiculous and mean spirited it is unbelievable; the book however I will be buying today.

"....evidence should force all of us – conservative and liberal alike – to think carefully about the policies we set to help American families thrive in the 21st century..."

June Carbone, UMKC prof, examines the blue-red divide
Published in The Pitch: Kansas City News Blog
By David Martin

June Carbone, a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was working on a book during the 2008 election....

Carbone and co-author Naomi Cahn began their research after 2004 election. They set out to understand why the so-called "values voters" tended to live in states with highest divorce and teen birth rates. Among those to note the correlation was Vanity Fair culture critic James Wolcott, who called miniature beauty pageant contestant JonBenet Ramsey "the pre-pubescent red-hot-mama mascot of red-state Babylon." [...read more]

For more on Red Families v. Blue Families, check out an essay that Carbone and Cahn recently published: High divorce rates and teen pregnancy are worse in conservative states than liberal states