Converts’ Zeal
Both Dawn Eden and recent bannee Deep Thought really stuck in my craw. I realized that what really bugged me about them was their converts’ zeal and their preachiness on Catholic doctrine — their insistence that they knew it all about Catholicism, that they had all the answers, that only people who hewed slavishly to [...]
...read moreImprisoned and Deported for Rape
For being raped, that is. Sixteen-year-old Isma Mahmood was deported to Pakistan last month after serving six months in shackles and handcuffs in a prison in Saudi Arabia. Her crime: being raped by a Saudi man. Some crime. “It’s difficult for me to talk about what happened to me, from rape to prison and from [...]
...read moreOh, How They Hate The Big Dog
So, Bill Clinton’s Presidential portrait was unveiled, and what was the headline in the Clinton-hating New York Post? WELL HUNG. Of course. It’s all about the Clenis.
...read moreOwwww.
I just got back from my immigration physical, and my hand hurts. The doctor, a sweet old guy, had a hard time finding a vein in my arm so he had to draw blood from my hand. And he wasn’t entirely steady, and now I have a great big lump on the back of my [...]
...read moreBecause I’m Busy Studying…
Read this post over at Unwilling Self-Negation. Thoughts?
...read moreNot a pretty girl.
I’m going to tell you a story that my parents told me and my sister. I’m not telling it to brag. I don’t know whether or not it’s true. I hope it’s not true. I’m telling this story so that you can understand some of what I grew up with.
...read moreEven Serena Williams
It’s not just the grass courts and the strawberries and cream at Wimbledon that are throwbacks to the past. It’s the payscale, too. WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon remains the only Grand Slam tournament that pays the men’s champion more than the women’s winner. The All England Club announced Tuesday that the men’s winner this [...]
...read moreReleasing “Enemy Combatants”
There is so much wrong with the situation at Guantanamo Bay that I don’t even know where to start. We’re holding people indefinitely, without allowing them access to a lawyer or charging them with any crime, under the theory that they’re incredibly dangerous, pose major national security risks, and are necessary for interrogation. “Trust us,” [...]
...read moreI Still Can’t Catch a Ball.
Maybe I should raise my dose? My spatial skills have always been absolutely terrible. I’m so clumsy that I occasionally walk into doorframes: I’ll overshoot a little, or accidentally swerve right or left just as I’m going through the doorway, and bam! Iincidentally, I have gotten a teensy bit better at reading maps and following [...]
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