AND YOU'RE ALL COMING WITH ME

Gosh, but these things never fail to tickle me pink.  The cynical part of me thinks that this will just result in a bunch of little "you bad boy" wrist slaps, but I also have the feeling that this madam is going to go for gusto, and she and her ponies have my full and unconditional support.

This is what happens when you' ( Read more... )

This morning on NPR there was an 8-minute segment on forced abortions in China that brought me to tears.  I've been driven so batty over our country's recent ban on "partial birth" abortions that I've done what every good American does in times of great crisis: look the other way, preferably at material goods for purchase on the internet.  However ( Read more... )

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Dan Savage has got some brilliantly eloquent op-ed pieces out about gay marriage and adoption that just break my heart.

Same-Sex Marriage Wins by Losing

By Dan Savage

THERE were community meetings in Seattle on Wednesday. Some of the couples who had sued to overturn Washington’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case they lost before the state’s ( Read more... )

"We went to Beirut to film a TV show about the city's newly vibrant culinary and cultural scene. Then the bombs started falling, and we could only stand on the barricades of our hotel balcony and watch it all disappear -- again."

Watching Beirut die

By Anthony Bourdain

Jul. 28, 2006 | From where I'm sitting, poolside, I can see the airport ( Read more... )

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Margaret Spellings, I am quickly losing faith in your ass.

School vouchers?

As a recipient of public education, I resent your implications, missy.  You're basically saying that public education is unsalvageable and hopeless, and I couldn't disagree with you more.

As an employee of a public education institution, particularly one who is involved in ( Read more... )

THREE CHEERS FOR LIBERAL CHRISTIANS!!!

Well, how about that.

Not 24 hours after my rant on that same subject, my wish came true.

+ + + FDA Approves Cervical Cancer Vaccine + + +

This, today, is a great day.  A GREAT day.

Next: Plan B.