The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that discrimination against pregnant women is on the rise. Up14% in the past year, to be exact. And yet, pregnant women have very little recourse. Jezebel (linked above) explains pregnant women's legal bind: "Employers can fire, lay off and...
Conference paper: DeliveredWife: Arriving shortlyJaw pain: Surprisingly endurableNot to sound like a wine track coastal elitist or anything, but wandering the streets of San Francisco for about five minutes tends.
Now that the Florida legislature has apologized for slavery, the White Conservative Monologue on Race will certainly achieve new heights of sophistication. Meantime, this poor fellow appears to have done.
My brain crush on Adam Liptak had been waning for a few weeks. Until yesterday.Liptak's Sidebar column this week takes on the problem of the wrongly incarcerated. More specifically, he addresses our societal failure to really do anything about it, and Justice Scalia's endorsement of our...
I'm not sure Blogs for McCain will ever bring the silly quite so memorably as Blogs for Bush, but they earn credit for the effort.Today, for instance, they remind Bre'r.
I think this gets most of the obligatory points:A statement, or paragraph, about "hook-up culture," preferably with no statistics to back it up, but if you must, you must. General.
An excerpt from this future bestseller:As bullets clawed the air around us and screams echoed down the rubble-strewn tarmac, I felt almost peaceful.It was a simple mission, they had told me – get in, shake a few hands and mouth a few platitudes, get out. Simple....
Following up on Scott's post about today's outbursts in Baghdad and Basra -- which suggest a possible collapse of the Shia cease-fire -- here's Marc Lynch on the other half.
The latest in arbitrary ex post facto means of determining the legitimate Democratic nominee. And this doesn't even address the crucial point that Clinton has carried the states of the.
Last night in the middle of a lecture on inter-service rivalry in the United States Armed Forces, I bite down on a Sweet Tart that is atop a pile of candy that a student has brought to class. The Sweet Tart cracks, as does my molar....
Just, wow. An Idaho U.S. Senate candidate has changed his name to Pro-Life. Really.Apparently, he attempted to get on the ballot in 2006 when he ran a losing race for.
Good article about Iraq from McClatchy:A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al.