One of the reasons Slate has improved greatly over the years is that it not longer publishes the inadvertently self-paradoic ramblings of Steven Landsburg. (I particularly enjoyed his argument that you can't tax the wealthy because other people will ultimately spend the money. Oh.) So...
gender politics
Say this for Rusty, he's consistent. Meanwhile, his advertisers continue to violate his Republican First Amendment right to maintain advertising revenue in perpetuity whether or not being associated with his.
I guess I'm not convinced by Amanda's criticism of Benjamin Dueholm's article on Dan Savage: You can criticize Savage for being wrong or being sexist at times, but generally speaking,.
Jill's take on the Assange is arrest is definitive. Of course, the priority put on his arrest is almost certainly political. But that doesn't make the charges invalid on their face -- Capone really was guilty of tax evasion -- and certainly have nothing to...
Since I saw the picture this weekend, I thought I'd add some thought's to Charli's excellent post below. I should say at the outset that although I've been an Aaron.
I'm doing a talk on this topic at UCLA tomorrow. The price is right for any LA LGMers looking to stretch their entertainment dollar.I'm staying at a guest house on.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's health issues raise the possibility that the SCOTUS may soon not have any women on it. If Ginsburg retires, the pressure on Obama to nominate a woman to replace her will be intense. Question: what percentage of the public and of political...
Thomas Beattie, the transman who is about 6 months pregnant, was on Oprah yesterday.You can find video of the first 3 parts (of 4) here. I think he handled himself.
There has been a lot of press recently about a pregnant man -- or, to be more specific, a pregnant trans man. Thomas Beatie is a man. He's happily married.
As bean notes, Hilzoy has a good response to Krugman...I have no doubt that most of the venom that Krugman sees comes from Obama supporters. He has, after all, been on an anti-Obama tear for several months now. But he is an economist, and economists...
I think we have an explanation about why people get so agitated about defending Larry Summers's pseudo-sceintific just-so stories about women.
Idaho Republicans try to use public policy not only to trap women in marriages they want out of but to encourage them to stay at home where they belong. Which.