For the last couple of weeks I’ve had fragmentary political posts buzzing around my head. I never know how much to write about politics in this space. It’s not that I don’t care, or that I’m not paying attention. It’s more to do with genre, really. By and large, I don’t feel at home writing […]
Crikey. Florida doctor’s office prescribes ‘ex-gay’ treatment. That’s right. A doctor’s office. Somehow, I don’t think the American Medical Association recommends verses from Leviticus as a treatment for bronchitis. What’s that old saying about how it’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you? I’m just glad I’m not applying for any jobs […]
If we can remember this, remember that the "family" and the "village" are not mutually exclusive, that my rights and yours do not need to cancel each other out, that the interests of mothers and children are not at odds, then I think we will become a better society. I hope that as the arc […]
Who casts not up his eye to the sun when it rises? but who takes off his eye from a comet when that breaks out? Who bends not his ear to any bell which upon any occasion rings? but who can remove it from that bell which is passing a piece of himself out of […]
Oh, crap. We knew about the likelihood of Rehnquist’s stepping down soon, but O’Connor too? Two empty spots on the Supreme Court open for nominees who’ll want to overturn Roe v. Wade? Goddamn it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if abortion becomes illegal again, women are going to die. Poorer women […]
Oh, lord. Remember this story about the egregious book-banning bill? It’s back (link via LISNews). Is anyone else thinking that homophobia makes people certifably insane? I mean, this is nuts. It’s loony. The fact that this bill is still around suggests to me that someone has been putting hallucinogens into Alabama state legislature’s drinking water. […]
Dear everyone out there considering a career as a pharmacist: If you have religious objections to birth control or emergency contraception, if you believe it’s the same thing as abortion (which it isn’t), or if you think you should be allowed to refuse to dispense emergency contraception on account of your conscience, or if you […]
Via Crooked Timber, a report from Florida on a bill aimed to curb "leftist totalitarianism" in the classroom and prevent "a misuse of [professors’] platform to indoctrinate the next generation with their own views." Now, I’m pretty left in my political views. When I taught, I had students who were proud members of the College […]
An editorial in the Toronto Star proposes a satirical solution to the SpongeBob SquarePants controversy: I have a proposal that I’m betting Dobson and the Focus on the Family organization would go along with. What’s needed are more cartoon characters willing to promote intolerance. Maybe, with the right kind of deprogramming, some of the existing […]
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. I’m too angry to add any further comment. But if you, like me, live in Virginia, perhaps you would consider sending the delegate who proposed this bill an e-mail explaining the sheer inhumanity of demanding that women who have just miscarried have to report the incident to […]