28 Jul 2009 05:48 pm
Confusing Speech And Action

Thio Li-ann, a Singapore law professor, was forced to resign from an NYU human rights course after students protested what they called her anti-gay views. Dr. Thio, for one, "supported the imposition of a $15,000 ( Read more... )

28 Jul 2009 09:45 am
Bush's Socialized Medicine

Robert J. Samuelson writes:

The notion that the uninsured get little or no care is a myth: They now receive about 50 to 70 percent as much health care as the insured. If they become insured, they would use more ( Read more... )

Elana --

Last week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint tried to rally our opposition by declaring that stopping reform would "break" President Obama. Instead, hundreds of thousands of you rushed forward to stand up for enacting health insurance reform this year.

Then last night, the President delivered a powerful prime-time address about why further ( Read more... )

The distorting lens of rage
Rod Dreher

Thursday July 16, 2009

Conor links to an Amanda Marcotte post, with a wry remark that being determined to see your opponents' actions as driven by the worst imaginable motives is a barrier to understanding the world as it is. True enough. But have a look at the Marcotte post yourself. Marcotte, you ( Read more... )

"It’s hard to think of another state in the union where you’d see gay-themed art made out of mix of flax and corn seed."

By the way, the seed art is wonderfully bizarre.

Mmmm ... finding those links made me realize it's less than two months till deep-fried-cheesecake-on-a-stick season.  And deep-fried-alligator-on-a-stick season.  And deep-fried- ( Read more... )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elaine-shannon/yale-scientists-discover_b_221518.html

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmE2MmE4NmVlYWNiOTFmYTVmMWIzYWI1MmYzNjkzYzY=

 http://cliobluestockingtales.blogspot.com/2009/06/daddy-issues.html

Why I walk by 'Deal or No Deal' billboards and think, "God, please don't let me bring a girl into this world."

The Hidden Jews - This week, an al Qaeda spokesman revealed he has Jewish ancestry. How DNA testing is unearthing Judaism in the roots of unlikely family trees-and even prompting some people to convert.

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