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Why is it that posts about blow jobs, religion and Wal-Mart are the ones that generate over 100 posts?
...read moreCommon Sense Prevails
The federal advisory panel looking at the HPV vaccine has recommended, unanimously, that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated, with vaccinations for girls as young as 9 up to the discretion of parents and doctors. ATLANTA – Taking up a sensitive issue among religious conservatives, an influential government advisory panel Thursday recommended that 11- [...]
...read moreI Give Up.
I know I said I’d post about Hamdan when I got a chance to read it, but I haven’t, and anyway Glenn Greenwald has it covered. As does Scott.
...read moreWhy are you a Democrat, again?
Dianne Feinstein can kiss my flag-buffed butt. (No, it’s true! I use flags for toilet paper! Not just paper ones, either. I scour antiques stores for cotton and silk flags, preferably ones flown either in battle or from the porches of elderly widows.) The proposed flag amendment, which in its entirety reads, “The Congress shall [...]
...read moreSupreme Court News
Just a quick post, since the big boss has finally taken note of my existence and has given me direct assignments for the first time in two years: The Supreme Court released its decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the big Guantanamo Bay case, ruling that military tribunals for at least 10 suspects at Gitmo are [...]
...read moreOdds and Ends
Caring for the People Who Care for our Children: I wonder what the “we love babies” crowd would say to this? Childcare workers deserve better pay and better treatment. Period. A Japanese university is dispatching female students as “angels” to increase girls’ interest in science. Very cool. Thanks to Cara for the link. Montana Right-to-Life [...]
...read moreConfessions of Choice
How did I miss this on Sunday? One woman, now in her 40s, tells the story of her reproductive life: Two unintended pregnancies, one abortion, three births. I like this essay because it blurs the lines between “women who have abortions” and “women who have babies.” More often than not, they’re the same women.
...read moreChoice Words
In response to this article on TomPaine.com, Lynn Harris at Broadsheet asks if it isn’t time to change the term “pro-choice” to something a little more accurate: “Choice” sounds to me like what you make between baked and mashed, when in reality these matters are life and death. “Choice” sounds — to the opposition, or [...]
...read moreIn Defense of the Working Girl
Megan O’Rourke has a very good take on Linda Hirshman’s new book: But—though I almost hate to say it—buried beneath Hirshman’s overblown rhetoric is a useful idea, now set out in a short book titled Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World: namely, that our obsession with choice prevents us from asking [...]
...read moreWhat’s Going On Here?
Yglesias: I never, ever, ever watch prime time cable news because it makes me want to kill extremely large numbers of people. Tragically, I walked through the door yesterday and my roommate already had Hardball on. There were two people debating the issue of . . . whether or not The New York Times should [...]
...read moreNo Vaccines For Me, Thanks, I’ve Got Jesus As My Co-Pilot
We’ve all heard the story before: The religious right is all up in arms about an HPV vaccine that could prevent cervical cancer and save the lives of thousands of women because they think it might encourage pre-marital sex. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will determine whether [...]
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