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USAToday:
The nation’s Catholic bishops are expected to issue a statement Wednesday pledging cooperation with president-elect Barack Obama on numerous social issues but vowing all-out opposition to any law or executive order he may sign advocating abortion rights.
Did I miss the part where America became a theocracy? Specifically a Catholic theocracy? oh, it [...]

Embedded video from CNN Video
The opening clip in this video about made me throw up, but I still applaud the effort to shed more light on the situation. Both my boyfriend and I were in the military—he was actually sent to South Korea for a month when he was nineteen. He said soon [...]

It’s either that or crying, c’mon!
(Though in Real Life, of course, Congress did not actually go for it.)

For anyone who thinks that “feminism” as a practiced theory is narrow in either scope or defintion and that “feminists” are pretty much six-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-the-other—not even clooooose. F’rinstance, recently on our very own PunkAssBlog, one of our feminist posters (violet) told off (in a kinder and gentler fashion, of course) one of our other feminist [...]

I read Sabotabby’s most recent post, suffered strong pangs of empathy, then moved on with life til I nipped over to Pandagon and saw that Amanda had posted on it and linked to Feministe–and also to something called a Tim Blair. Following that last link, I found a page that can be accurately summarized [...]

Maybe I just don’t understand the definition of “news.”
Main Entry: news
Pronunciation:
\ˈnüz, ˈnyüz\
Function:
noun plural but singular in construction
Usage:
often attributive
Date:
15th century
1 a: a report of recent events
1 b: previously unknown information
2 a: material reported in a [...]

I’ve always yearned to be “ilk!”
Of course, I may be flattering myself. When the Lady Lydia referred to persons of “Kyso’s ilk,” she may not have been referring to me because she didn’t specify what Kysoean attributes a person must have to be considered one of “Kyso’s ilk.”
(I’m sorry for the incessant [...]

In honor of congressional candidate Mike Erickson, I thought I’d recycle this oldie-but-goodie–always worth a read!

When the Anti-Choice Choose
By Joyce Arthur

My three favorites:

“I’ve had several cases over the years in which the anti-abortion patient had rationalized in one way or another that her case was the only exception, but the one that really made [...]

“My administration will give unprecedented support to strengthening marriages. Many good programs help couples who want to get married and stay married.” -President Bush
Apparently there’s money for it. See?
So all I need to do is write up my grant proposal! I’m conducting the efficacy study right now.
First we created our characters…together. (oh [...]

I live right on the commuter train line to DC. Seriously. It would cost me less than ten bucks to attend this thing AND in an environmentally-friendly fashion too! (Okay, plus $95 for the ticket, but still! CHEAP!)
For $95, they do emphasize a refusal to feed you, but you get [...]

With Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign officially over, she is focusing on making sure her supporters back Sen. Barack Obama’s bid.
Throughout the primary season, Clinton and Obama expressed confidence the Democrats would unify once a nominee emerged.
As Clinton closed her campaign Saturday, she urged the cheering crowd of thousands to support Obama in his run [...]

Jessica linked an article from Robert Jensen about masculinity. The jist: in mixed company, people of both genders describe what it means to be a man with words like “strong, responsible, and loving.” When it’s just the boys, though, the definition of masculinity changes:
To be a man is to be a player, a guy [...]