I’m not surprised that someone would write a post claiming that Anne Lamott’s superb piece is “intolerant.” Yes, because calling women who get abortions “murderers” is perfectly tolerant, but strongly defending their rights isn’t. You’ll notice nothing in her article about how pro-state violence to coerce women to bring their pregnancies to term faction shouldn’t […]
Month: February 2006
In addition to the legal quirks, the recent 6CA case about the (nearly successful) efforts by the state to force an abortion clinic to close provides a good window into the strategy of incrementally d
OK, this is probably the essence of Bushism–getting scientific information about crucial issues from fourth-rate hack novelists: In his new book about Mr. Bush, “Rebel in Chief: Inside the
George W. Bush wants people to visualize wealth, man: In an hourlong speech in one of the most politically troublesome states for Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, Mr. Bush took on critics of his plan, who say that poor or underemployed people cannot afford the accounts. “It’s kind of basically saying, ‘If you’re not […]
The Imperial Japanese Navy of Togo Heihachiro, including the fleet that destroyed the Tsar’s armada at Tsushima, was primarily constructed in Great Britain. Although relations between Japan and
Michael Berube. There really in no better response to Sean Hannity and David Horowitz than laughter. They are fundamentally ridiculous characters.
I won’t fully engage, but any list of the best miniseries ever that doesn’t start with I, Claudius and the Dekalog isn’t worth the bandwidth it’s typed on…
Shorter Jonah Goldberg: If BSG’s writers were more imaginative, using state coercion to force women to carry pregnancies to term would be about…freedom! They should hire Jeff Goldstein to
Normally I would be pretty depressed that Canada was losing to Switzerland in the 3rd period (granting that the Swiss have already beaten a top 3 team–when the hell did they become credible?). B
Ah, that’s very good to see (and I think we’re the city’s second most conservative borough.) Aside from the parochial back-slapping, however, the article contains important information for the clueless “overturning Roe will just return the issue to the states” crowd: The 109th Congress passed a number of abortion issues in 2005. These bills included […]
Friday Cat Blogging… Nelson and Starbuck
Shorter K-Lo: If feminists were serious about women’s rights, they would obviously want women to be subject to a bewildering, irrational, and inequitable obstacle course studded with scientifica