Will Okun, the Chicago school teacher who accompanied enlightened Nick [not Bill] Kristof on a trip to Africa earlier this year and got to blog about, misses badly with today's post.It happens too often. A female student approaches my desk, says “Mr. Okun?”, and and...
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Well, to the forced pregnancy brigade, there is no difference: my uterus is nothing but a glorified storage container, holding something until it reaches its destination (birth). Now there's proof:Here's.
I bought a turkey yesterday. A kosher organic 14.25 pounder. It felt more like 40 pounds.It's going to be the first turkey I ever cook. I've prepared Thanksgiving dinner once.
This story may when the award for fastest turnaround time from satire to reality. Last month, Amanda posted a satirical piece on RH Reality Check claiming that the wingnuts could try to ban menstruation if they continued with the logic they've been following for years...
MoDo's title today? "Should Hillary Pretend to Be a Flight Attendant?"Why did I even read on?But I did. And I learned that smart women and women who do not cleave.
In yesterday's NY Times Giving section (yes, a whole section devoted to charitable giving and public service organizations), the paper published an article about a San Francisco organization that should.
The current insanity of life sentences should be familiar to everyone. Three strikes laws have stranded thousands of low level offenders in prison for life.Back in the day, “life” in prison meant roughly 15 years. Yet as Adam Liptak reports, thousands of incarcerated men and...
By this guy's logic, I should not have paid federal taxes for the last 7 years, since I don't support just about anything the federal government has done since 2001.
53-40, even without a disavowal of torture. Apparently Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd didn't think this one was important enough to get to D.C. for. Or, more likely, they didn't.
What's the best way to "punish" a woman who has had an abortion? Why, if you're Jill Stanek or one of her readers, the answer is easy: just beat her up, of course! Feministe's Jill F., bravely wading into the morass of Stanek and her...
Seeing this. I'm not crazy about Cormac McCarthy. But given that I would see an Ann Coulter book adaptation if the Coens were directing, and given that A.O. is just.
If you plan to ride the subway or bus, do not take this advice.