January 2010
1 post
June 2009
5 posts
Say what you will about Maureen Dowd, →
but she has a wonderful eye for detail and a healthy appreciation of glamour.
Oh, California. →
What’s happened to you since I’ve been gone? I barely recognize you anymore.
March 2009
5 posts
Bust times in the San Joaquin. →
Looks like I'm not the only one with a crush on... →
Depressing! →
The New York Times has a graph of the wage gap that is depressing as hell. The side note about men working longer hours didn’t make me feel better either, since I’m sure one of the primary reasons men work longer hours is that they still spend only a fraction of the time women do on family responsibilities.
February 2009
1 post
Socialism! →
Should the government in Washington provide national health insurance, or is this something that should be left only to private enterprise?”
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January 2009
7 posts
Gay Math
The sentiments in this Dan Savage post are unfortunate, but there isn’t much in here that can’t be explained with gay math. To wit:
Let’s take the hypothetical dating pool for a bisexual woman who is, for the sake of argument, a perfect 3 on the Kinsey scale. She has a universe of 100 potential dating partners, 50 men and 50 women. Let’s also say, for math’s sake,...
Smoking paranoia →
No great fan of smoking, but this seems to be more about morality.
December 2008
12 posts
Oh, sigh. →
In this post, Latoya Patterson tells some truths you’re not supposed to tell about growing up female. And in doing so, perches some more stories on top of the others I’m pretending not to know, or something.
Frank Rich is right. →
“We can come home now”
– Harvey Milk, 1978
Now what?
Requiem for a Maverick →
Read it. Really.
November 2008
2 posts
“At the end of the day, Democrats don’t like to ask for the order.”
– John Feehery, lobbyist, explaining the need for Republican lobbyists.
October 2008
4 posts
September 2008
15 posts
Dep't of the more things change... →
On the other hand, sometimes it’s nice when people just come right out and say what they mean, rather than trying to hide behind a bunch of BS about “community organizing.”
“It may not pay the millions of dollars that Rudy gets for shilling for pharma,...”
– David Axelrod, on community organizing
“Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that. Look, Sen. Obama’s...”
– John McCain on Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience.
No, seriously.
I've been trying hard to hold my tongue →
on Bristol Palin, because after all she is just a kid. But I basically agree with rikyrah.
