I arrived at Thursday morning prayer and took off my hoodie. Joan boggled, because I was wearing a tank top. I was going to the gym afterward ( Read more... )

Over lunch yesterday, MaryAlice mentioned Sarah Palin's inability to name a Supreme Court case other than "Roe v. Wade" (Katie Couric interview).  I haven't seen any of the Couric interview -- I've been kind of busy, and while I have downtime at work, playing video is weird (especially since I don't currently have speakers, so I have to use ( Read more... )

( general political discussion )

Apropos the recent discussion, the next day I read Megan McArdle's post "Should I call myself a feminist?" [from back in July] -- and have now added Kenji Yoshino's Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights to my GoodReads (at which time I noticed that there's now a line for "How many times I've read this book" :) ).  ( Megan McArdle and commentors; also: Camille Paglia )

( abortion, feminism, etc. )