How Can This Be?
UMass bans drinking games. Okay, at least they have Amherst and Northampton to go out in, if they can’t drink on campus, and maybe perhaps I’m letting my own experience at UConn, where there was pretty much nothing else to do but drink, color my perceptions. But, gah! What is college without a good rousing [...]
...read moreCongrats to Miss Lauren!
For her much-deserved Koufax nomination. We’re rootin’ for ya.
...read morePBA Ban Unconstitutional. Again.
Figure it out, kids (pdf). The Ninth Circuit Court ruled on Planned Parenthood v. Gonzalez, and, unsurprisingly, that the so-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban is illegal. According to the FindLaw summary: Planned Parenthood v. Gonzales, No. 04-16621 (9th Cir. January 31, 2006) The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is unconstitutional since it: 1) lacks [...]
...read moreDying to Avoid Rape
Female soldiers in Iraq are having to make an impossible choice: Risk being raped , or risk dying of dehydration. Many of them have ended up dead. In a startling revelation, the former commander of Abu Ghraib prison testified that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former senior US military commander in Iraq, gave orders to cover [...]
...read moreTwo Deaths
Coretta Scott King, 78. Wendy Wasserstein, 55. Gail Collins has a lovely remembrance here.
...read moreIt’s over
The filibuster that wasn’t. The Senate voted 73-25 to cut off debate. I can’t find a list yet of who voted which way. However, Lincoln Chaffee voted to cut off debate yet plans to vote against Alito — something that NARAL apparently didn’t have a problem with. Jane Hamsher says not to give up.
...read moreWhy I Love Attaturk
Because I am 12 years old.
...read moreThe Top 100 Opening Lines in Literature.
I’m very glad to see #22 ranked so high. I’m partial to #83, while Julia, from whom I swiped the link, favors #47.
...read moreHamas Continues Its Hard Line
Well this will ruin your morning. The exiled political head of the radical Islamic group Hamas said Saturday in Damascus that the group would adopt “a very realistic approach” toward governing the Palestinian Authority and would work with the Fatah president, Mahmoud Abbas, on an acceptable political program. But the leader, Khaled Meshal, also said [...]
...read moreTen Views Meme
This one via Hugo is a little old, but I’m doing it anyway. Ten Views I Hold Without Evidence 1. Indian food is the best cure for the common cold. The spicier the better. 2. Nice skin is all about exfoliating and moisturizing, not using harsh cleansers. Lotion will get rid of pimples faster the [...]
...read moreSaturation Point
…Is it just me, or is every show currently on the air a formulaic crime drama? These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head: Law & Order: Original Flavor Law & Order: Now With More Dead Strippers Law & Order: Vincent D’Onofrio CSI: Why Won’t Her Forehead Move? [...]
...read moreSunday Dog Park Blogging — A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Edition
Sunday morning at the park with my tree-climbing, treat-whoring dog.
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