What You Should Be Reading Since I’m Clearly Not Writing
Stone Court: Harriet Miers and Abortion and Harriet Miers and How Bush Got Into The National Guard Half-Changed World: Economics Hubris: Shit Sandwich The Heretik: The Brilliance of Harriet Miers Echidne of the Snakes: On Nominating Women Ezra Klein: Bush’s Nomination Looking for Sam: Testing The Premise: Are Gays A Threat To Our Children? Pinko [...]
...read moreCall for Abortion Stories
From an email I got today: Are you a woman who has had an abortion? You are not alone and your story is important. We are editing a book about abortion and we want to hear your story. BEYOND CHOICE: VOICES OF REAL WOMEN is not a political treatise and we do not have an [...]
...read moreGod Hates Sweden
No, seriously. And the tsumani destroyed them. Link found via In the Dark, which offers a nice summary of the right wing.
...read moreAnd The Nominee Is…
…who? Gotta love cronyism. This is actually a pretty stealth move on behalf of the Bush administration. It puts Democrats in a tight spot. They’re faced with a nominee who they know nothing about (other than her and GWB are good pals), and so they have two not-so-great choices: let her go through and take [...]
...read moreAugust Wilson Dies at 60
The man who wrote the only play I’ve ever liked (“Fences”) has died at age 60 of liver cancer. In his work, Mr. Wilson depicted the struggles of black Americans with uncommon lyrical richness, theatrical density and emotional heft, in plays that gave vivid voices to people on the frayed margins of life: cabdrivers and [...]
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