The Real Reason Illinois Senator Barack Obama is Considering a Bid for the Presidency….
Ever since his stirring 2004 Democratic National Convention address, folks have been suggesting that he would make a damn fine President. And ever since the 2004 Democratic presidential loss, this call for an Obama run has been getting louder, especially in Illinois. Practically every Illinois politico has been nudging him to go for broke and [...]
...read moreThoughts on the headscarf from those who know better than I do
Ilyka’s post on the veil has generated an interesting discussion. Central to a lot of the comments seem to be assumptions about why women wear the veil — and the idea that all veiled women wear it for the same reasons. Or that somehow wearing the veil is always coerced, while non-Muslim Western women have [...]
...read moreJust Call Her Emily Post
Anne Applebaum comes out swinging against rudeness in all its forms: Drivers who cut you off on the roads and double-park, people who don’t flush in public restrooms–no, wait; that isn’t right. She’s only worried about the rudeness of wearing a full-face veil in a Western country. Sadly, I am not making this up: And [...]
...read moreAdventures in Variance
This is just a response to some of the comments in the masculinity thread at Pandagon, which was interesting. In terms of the larger debate…I still feel like the “anti-feminists are just too mean” side hasn’t made its case, especially when it argues that feminism has failed. Truth is, you can never appease entitlement better [...]
...read moreBaby take off your dress, oooh, yes, yes, yes
I’ve been resisting writing about the New York Times’s Halloween costumes go sexy!” article, but it still is in the Times most e-mailed list almost a week after it was published, so here goes. (Salon’s covered it here.) In her thigh-highs and ruby miniskirt, Little Red Riding Hood does not appear to be en route [...]
...read moreAnd ladies he’s single! Er, available.
This guy sounds like one of the whiners on the Ameriskanks forum or the trolls at Hugo’s blog. Aged 49. Great job. Good life. However current wife cannot have children – she has 2 from previous marriage and had female troubles after 2nd child. The dilemma: I still think that I want children before it [...]
...read moreMy unexamined life
I kind of knew it would happen. Type the words “baby” “have” and “I” on any blog and it’s just a matter of time. There will be a mommy drive-by. To wit: Momma2babies Says: October 23rd, 2006 at 6:41 am she’s a cutie pie!!!!! Awwww….! But aren’t you afraid to let her grow up without [...]
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