News of the day
The king of South Africa's Zulus wants to revive their tradition of circumcision in order to help slow the spread of HIV.
Another story on the Swedish burger chain that has put carbon-footprint estimates on its menu.
Finally! An article that looks at the effect on migrant workers of Dubai's financial troubles. Oh, argh! Even this article devotes a third of its space to how this is affecting a rich investor!
From...someone on twitter...er, sorry, someone: Danish government distributes postcards urging delegates at the climate conference to not hire prostitutes. The thing is, prostitution is not illegal in Denmark. In response, a major organization of Danish sex workers has announced they'll take the postcards as payment.
From rezendi: Why is the NATO campaign in Afghanistan having such limited success? It might be because it takes a troop on the ground roughly 96 hours to get the necessary 11 approvals to go round up a single Taliban leader drinking tea in a nearby village. By which time he's finished his tea and gone home.
A very interesting (and fairly long) look at the growth of single-gender public education in the US -- the justifications for it (both essentialist [*ugh*] and social), the possible benefits, and the legal and social repercussions.
The US Senate has voted down an amendment that would have added restrictions on abortion funding similar to those added to the House bill.
Another story on the Swedish burger chain that has put carbon-footprint estimates on its menu.
Finally! An article that looks at the effect on migrant workers of Dubai's financial troubles. Oh, argh! Even this article devotes a third of its space to how this is affecting a rich investor!
From...someone on twitter...er, sorry, someone: Danish government distributes postcards urging delegates at the climate conference to not hire prostitutes. The thing is, prostitution is not illegal in Denmark. In response, a major organization of Danish sex workers has announced they'll take the postcards as payment.
From rezendi: Why is the NATO campaign in Afghanistan having such limited success? It might be because it takes a troop on the ground roughly 96 hours to get the necessary 11 approvals to go round up a single Taliban leader drinking tea in a nearby village. By which time he's finished his tea and gone home.
A very interesting (and fairly long) look at the growth of single-gender public education in the US -- the justifications for it (both essentialist [*ugh*] and social), the possible benefits, and the legal and social repercussions.
The US Senate has voted down an amendment that would have added restrictions on abortion funding similar to those added to the House bill.