Aspazia has a very good and very important post about some of the hidden costs of being a female faculty member.A Kos Diarist gets on the selective but brilliant Sebelius-for-veep bandwagon. (Via--who else?--Ezra.) Wanker of the Week: Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser.Runners-up: The Ole Perfesser (see...
Month: January 2007
Sarah Robinson directs us to the story about a Christian academy in California that's suing the UC system because it won't count some of its dogma-crap courses as legitimate preparation.
Fred Barnes, author of quite possibly the worst "book" about The Decider, continues to grace his pig of a war with lipstick and pearl earrings.Bush can be expected to hold.
Indeed:(Via Bob Geiger.)For a non-photographic discussion of sweaty media sexism, see J. Goodrich.
Part IIn World War I the German Navy had enjoyed some success with merchant cruisers, civilian ships armed and converted to military purpose. The success of these cruisers never matched.
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Atrios details the case of Wayne Dumond--a convicted rapist who was released under heavy pressure from governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, and subsequently raped and murdered at least one and probably two women. As Atrios says, this wouldn't necessarily be a massive...
Since I started using Google Reader (maybe six months ago), I've definitely cut down on the time I spend reading blogs, which is a good thing. I don't have to.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
Henry.An escape and concealment artist, Henry has disappeared at least a dozen times in nearly thirteen years. On four occasions, he has actually slipped out of our house undetected and gone missing for anywhere from two hours to five weeks; countless other times, he's hid...
As anyone with a passing familiarity with the nation's op-ed pages or center-left political publications is aware, there is a cottage industry of affluent white men in liberal urban centers.
Another excellent article about the Wilson case, with a useful comparison with other cases of consensual sexual relations with minors that received much lighter sentences:But wait. It gets worse. At.