Glenn Sacks

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Glenn Sacks is an American men's and fathers' issues columnist and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His radio show, His Side with Glenn Sacks, can be heard on KMPC 1540 AM in Los Angeles and on KKOL 1300 AM in Seattle, Washington. He is "unapologetically sympathetic to men and fathers."

Sacks has taught high school, elementary school, and adult school in the Miami and Los Angeles public school systems, and in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. While working as a high school teacher, he was named to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” in 1996 and 1998. His columns can be found in the website for the Individualist Feminist group Ifeminist.com.

[edit] Campaigns (at January 2006)

Inappropriate use of restraining orders – citing a restraining order against David Letterman obtained by a woman he had never met.
Against the bias perceived in the Public Broadcasting Service's Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories. A lack of balance was confirmed on examination of the program by the Public Broadcasting Service Ombudsman Michael Getler[1] and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ombudsman Ken Bode[2][3][4].
Seeking resources for male victims of domestic violence and their dependents under the Violence Against Women Act (they were ineligible in the past).
Seeking change in the child support system regarding the denial of review rights for men subject to paternity fraud and change in the formulae used to calculate child support to take account of the "actual" earning capacity of paying fathers. He regularly attacks high profile state government campaigns against "deadbeat dads"

In 2005, the campaign against the T-shirt logo saying "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" was successful in having the line withdrawn from a number of stores across the USA.