Friday Fun-Reads
All things frivolous to make you happy this Friday: My current favorite interior design blog. I’m in the midst of re-doing my apartment, and Dept. of the Interior and my just-discovered Domino Magazine (RIP) pool on Flickr have been my best friends. Chanel goes Gaga. Golden Girls: How One TV Show Turned a Generation of [...]
...read moreJust Food
Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly by James E. McWilliams (Little, Brown) Say what you want about publishers, but they know how to sell a book. Let’s say a manuscript ended up on an editor’s desk with a title like Some More Things You Need to be [...]
...read moreOn the Virginia “Trust Women” license plate
I hear from my friends at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia that they made their goal of 350 license plates. I won’t lie, I was a little worried about this, so I’m delighted. Yay, PPAV and yay, pro-choice Virginians! On Wednesday, January 27, pro-choice activists from around the state of Virginia stepped up and put [...]
...read moreSupport GRITtv
Just wanted to spread the word for our friends at GRITtv. We’ve posted their segments on here a few times, including Jill’s appearances, and I think it’s important to keep supporting media as much as we can. Here’s the post from GRITtv’s blog: We’re sure you’ve heard about the ending of Air America Radio. We’re [...]
...read moreBreaking: Jury Convicts Scott Roeder of First Degree Murder
After deliberating for 37 minutes, a jury has found Scott Roeder, the murderer of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, guilty as charged. He now faces a mandatory life sentence with consideration for parole after 25 years. The prosecution is aiming for 50 years without parole. Dr. Tiller is still dead, and abortion providers and clinic [...]
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