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So, it occurs to me that I’ve been writing things like, “We’re on the road to Gilead” an awful lot lately, and…well…I’m not exactly sure how to pronounce it. I’ve been pronouncing it “Juh-LED” in my head, but mostly because that’s the way that Gilead, Connecticut is pronounced. Gilead is near Hebron, which is pronounced [...]
...read moreCarrying the Organic Thing a Little Far
How nicely the feeling of personal virtue and moral superiority some people get from doing the organic thing dovetails with the feeling of personal virtue and moral superiority some people get from being pious. The latest, from Broadsheet and Jessica at Feministing: “Organic Sex“: “Many women, in an effort to live healthily, who have [sic] [...]
...read moreThe Things Addicts Will Do To Get a Fix
Shameful, really. Via Julia.
...read moreReal Simple
Sheelzebub on Voluntary Simplicity: Disconnected individuals making haphazard consumer choices will change nothing. It has changed nothing. If we relied on that during the second wave of feminism, we’d still be seeing Help Wanted: Female in the classifieds. (Since this is an abuse of the link button, I’d appreciate it if you’d go over there [...]
...read moreRalph Reed Steps In It. Again.
Pity poor Ralph Reed. It’s soooo hard to be both a corporate bootlicker and a good antichoicer. The corporate bootlicking’s coming back to haunt him: In August 1999, political organizer Ralph Reed’s firm sent out a mailer to Alabama conservative Christians asking them to call then-Rep. Bob Riley (R-Ala.) and tell him to vote against [...]
...read moreI am a bad, bad linker.
Am I the only blogger who has difficulty remembering this whole link thing, or keeping a reliable system of linking and communication in mind? Maybe the problem is that I’m a big technophobe. Two years ago, and well into my blog-commenting career, I was still, “What is this hy-par-tekst of which you speak?”
...read moreThanks, Same-Sex Marriage Ban!
For not only persecuting gays and lesbians, but unmarried people as well. DAYTON, Ohio – A constitutional amendment banning gay marriage bars prosecutors from charging some unmarried people under the state’s domestic violence law, a state appeals court ruled. Friday’s decision by the 2nd District Court of Appeals is the first from Ohio’s 12 appellate [...]
...read moreThe Holocaust Was Not Christian
Thank you. When I read Pope Benedict XVI’s words about the Holocaust, I was stunned at his attempt to turn the Holocaust into a Christian tragedy. Not that it wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard before from a handful of deeply narcissistic Christians with persecution complexes, but to hear the leader of the Catholic church say [...]
...read moreArrived!
I got into Athens safe and sound yesterday afternoon. Today has mostly been getting all my stuff together — unpacking, going grocery shopping, setting up my computer at work, etc. The place I’m staying is beautiful, about an hour outside of the city — but in the middle of nowhere. Literally. There’s a church, a [...]
...read moreWell, That’s Perhaps Going a Bit Far to Make a Point
Man cuts off own penis to prove faithfulness to wife. Yowch.
...read moreMassacre? What Massacre?
From the SF Chronicle, a letter to the editor about Haditha: The alleged killing of civilians in Haditha by our Marines becomes a front-page item in The Chronicle (“Chilling claims of Iraq massacre,” May 27). Many of us wonder which side The Chronicle is on. In the heat of battle, when you are tired, weary, [...]
...read moreRolling Back Protections on Whistleblowers
Go read Scott’s post on the 5-4 Supreme Court decision today making it much harder for government employees to file lawsuits challenging retaliation against them for exposing illegal government activity. You know, like secret CIA prisons and vast NSA spying programs. No surprise, Samuel “Strip-Search Sammy” Alito cast the deciding vote.
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