You’d Think This Would Be a No-Brainer
Zuzu wrote about this a few days ago, but I’ll add this article from the NYTimes about the Catholic church and the debate over condoms to further demonstrate the tenuous connection between a professed love for life and an actual demonstration of that belief. The issue is AIDS. Church officials recently confirmed that Pope Benedict [...]
...read moreFunding Religious Indoctrination in Prisons
As if faith-based initiatives weren’t enough, now we’re funding religious teaching and proselytization. Marty Lederman at Balkinization asserts that this program is blatantly unconstitutional, and it seems pretty aparent that he’s right. Troubling that programs like this, which so clearly violate the first amendment, are still being brought up. Thanks to Dad for the link.
...read moreExcitement
June 28th: I’m counting down the days.
...read moreMust-Read Article on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
It’s so good, I don’t even know where to start quoting (and I don’t just say that because it’s written by our own beloved Amanda Marcotte). It’s the best article I’ve seen yet on Crisis Pregnancy Centers, and takes a different tack than most: Instead of just emphasizing the CPC’s system of lying and coercion [...]
...read moreBy the Numbers
It’s Blog Against Disablism Day! I spent the weekend digging into No Pity (okay, and also reading a collection of Jonathan Lethem short stories), on Jay’s recommendation. It’s sort of a primer on the idea of disability as a civil rights struggle against cultural oppression; i.e., applying the reasoning behind words like “[blah]normativity” and “social [...]
...read moreNew Orleans is Fucked
The Rude Pundit tells us why, and how bad.
...read moreBallsy
If you haven’t seen Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, go watch now (part one, part two, part three). It’s… blistering. Funny, but to the point of being jaw-droppingly rude. I can hadly believe he had the guts to say what he did with Bush sitting a few feet away. I’m pretty [...]
...read morePre-Blogging Against Disablism Day
(Christ. Even on time, I still manage to be belated.) I did not know about this. So, on Tuesday morning Patrick [Califia] had a heart attack. He’s pretty upset, and feeling ashamed that he’s not well. He doesn’t have any health insurance to do any follow up care at the moment. Like Matt says, Patrick [...]
...read moreDamn it.
I just realized that I totally don’t own the book I wanted to use for Blog Against Disablism Day. Off to google.
...read moreMore in Anger than in Sadness
So feh-muh-nist has “respectfully” excused herself from discussing “the trans issue” on her blog. With all due respect, what the fuck ever. I’ll just respond here. The term “feminism” is often used in exactly the way you describe. It is a broad, umbrella term that, in the mainstream, does include all factions. Feminism, by those [...]
...read moreSupreme Court Rules in Favor of Anna Nicole Smith.
Ah, Anna Nicole. I have such a soft spot for her, in all her boozy, crazy, now-she’s-fat-now-she’s-thin glory. And now she’s won the right to pursue her claim to a share of her late husband’s estate in a California federal court. The case itself is a pretty esoteric matter of jurisdictional jurisprudence, and Justice Ginsburg’s [...]
...read moreThis Has Nothing To Do With Bush’s Package
“Mission Accomplished” by the numbers. Via Atrios. UPDATE: Oh, hell. It does have something to do with Bush’s package. Digby wishes us a Happy Codpiece Day.
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