UMass bans drinking games.
Okay, at least they have Amherst and Northampton to go out in, if they can’t drink on campus, and maybe perhaps I’m letting my own experience at UConn, where there was pretty much nothing else to do but drink, color my perceptions. But, gah!
What is college without a good rousing […]
For her much-deserved Koufax nomination. We’re rootin’ for ya.
Figure it out, kids (pdf).
The Ninth Circuit Court ruled on Planned Parenthood v. Gonzalez, and, unsurprisingly, that the so-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban is illegal. According to the FindLaw summary:
Planned Parenthood v. Gonzales, No. 04-16621 (9th Cir. January 31, 2006)
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is unconstitutional since it: […]
Female soldiers in Iraq are having to make an impossible choice: Risk being raped , or risk dying of dehydration. Many of them have ended up dead.
In a startling revelation, the former commander of Abu Ghraib prison testified that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former senior US military commander in Iraq, gave orders to cover […]
Coretta Scott King, 78.
Wendy Wasserstein, 55. Gail Collins has a lovely remembrance here.
The filibuster that wasn’t. The Senate voted 73-25 to cut off debate.
I can’t find a list yet of who voted which way. However, Lincoln Chaffee voted to cut off debate yet plans to vote against Alito — something that NARAL apparently didn’t have a problem with.
Jane Hamsher says not to give […]
Because I am 12 years old.
I’m very glad to see #22 ranked so high. I’m partial to #83, while Julia, from whom I swiped the link, favors #47.
Well this will ruin your morning.
The exiled political head of the radical Islamic group Hamas said Saturday in Damascus that the group would adopt “a very realistic approach” toward governing the Palestinian Authority and would work with the Fatah president, Mahmoud Abbas, on an acceptable political program.
But the leader, Khaled Meshal, also said that Hamas […]
This one via Hugo is a little old, but I’m doing it anyway.
Ten Views I Hold Without Evidence
1. Indian food is the best cure for the common cold. The spicier the better.
2. Nice skin is all about exfoliating and moisturizing, not using harsh cleansers. Lotion will get rid of pimples faster the Clearasil will.
3. […]
…Is it just me, or is every show currently on the air a formulaic crime drama?
These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head:
Law & Order: Original Flavor
Law & Order: Now With More Dead Strippers
Law & Order: Vincent D’Onofrio
CSI: Why Won’t Her Forehead Move?
CSI: God’s Red-Headed […]
Sunday morning at the park with my tree-climbing, treat-whoring dog.
The tree-climbing:
And the treat-whoring:
Well, when it’s politically expedient we do. Otherwise, we really couldn’t care less.
The Bush administration has said that while Mr. Aristide was deeply flawed, its policy was always to work with him as Haiti’s democratically elected leader.
But the administration’s actions in Haiti did not always match its words. Interviews and a review of government […]
That quote comes from a discussion between friends of this letter to the editor about ftms interacting sexually with gay men (the first one), which is in response to this article. You might want to read the article first.
(I know you’ll let me know if the links are broken.) […]
There won’t be many cat pictures after all. We put her to sleep this morning.
One Saturday, when I was thirteen years old, my brother knocked on my bedroom door to tell me that there was a cat in our garage. Our parents weren’t home, or I’m sure he would have hidden […]
Twisty writes A Cult Is A Cult Is A Cult, about invisibility, feminism, aging and religion.
I can’t believe I’m actually writing this, but I love Pink. Video via Lauren.
This piece by Bitch Lab has been going around for a while, and has generated quite a few responses (see Amanda here and here, […]
I know this is cruel to laugh at, but come on.
Charming. Diet wine, pitched to women by playing to their insecurities:
This off-the-mark targeting reaches its full height with White Lie, Beringer Blass’ new lower-calorie, lower-alcohol wine for women. The marketing of this Chardonnay revolves around the maxim “a little white lie never hurt anyone.” Minor fibs like “My hair is naturally this color,” are […]
As someone who lives there, I will say no. Yesterday at the grocery store, there was a woman in stretch pants and stilletto knee-high boots carrying a white puffy dog wearing a coat and two pink bows in its hair. She asked me to carry her two roast chickens from the deli to the checkout […]
Echidne would like you to read her series on the gender gap in earnings.
It’s quite long, and quite dense, but also quite good.
Update: The Guardian reports that one in five UK firms responding to a government study were breaking equal-pay laws, often routinely paying men more than women in the same job. […]
