The answer to that age-old question?: Republicans. At least, that’s the answer at the moment, 44% to 42%. [NOTE: The title of this post is a riff on Freud’s Freud’s famous question to Marie Bonaparte: The great question that has … Continue reading →
Ace has a post about people who’ve soured on Obama that contains some extraordinary quotes from the past. It’s easy to forget exactly how fulsome the praise was back then in its cultlike extremity. Here’s a passage Tina Brown wrote … Continue reading →
But apparently they’ve gotten a tad better at countering the “war on women” this election cycle. Good. My personal observation is that in 2012 the “war on women” caught Republicans flat-footed (what doesn’t?), and it really mattered. Quite a few … Continue reading →
…that this is happening. I’m surprised that it’s happening in Nebraska: A Nebraska school district has instructed its teachers to stop referring to students by “gendered expressions” such as “boys and girls,” and use “gender inclusive” ones such as “purple … Continue reading →
Which is also a decision, because the trend in the lower courts is to declare its ban unconstitutional: Jonathan Adler writes that the Supreme Court might still take a case in the future, but I don’t see how that is … Continue reading →
The author of this WaPo piece, Janet Harris, says that for most women the decision to have an abortion is not a difficult one: Getting an abortion is expensive ”” not as costly as carrying a baby to term or … Continue reading →
…was not a legacy of slavery, although it is often claimed that it is. It happened much, much more recently, as this article by Walter E. Williams points out. The article is a very short version of points that Thomas … Continue reading →
“Don’t Let Republicans Erase Vaginas From Women’s Health”. The fictitious War on Women continueth. Why stop a good thing?
Continue reading →Megyn wins hands down, no contest: [ADDENDUM: I noticed a discussion in the comments section about how it is that someone like Pelosi retains her power and manages to fool so many voters. My impression—gleaned mainly from liberal friends of … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton is smart, and she’s a lawyer. So of course she knows better than this statement she made about the Hobby Lobby SCOTUS decision: It’s very troubling that a salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception, which is pretty … Continue reading →
Isn’t this wonderful? More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control under President Barack Obama’s health law, a major coverage shift that’s likely to advance. …The share of privately insured women who got their birth control … Continue reading →
…he was right about this. Remember the Republican debates in early 2012, and George Stephanopoulos’ seemingly out-of-the-blue and off-the-wall question? Conservative commentator Dick Morris believes that the Democrat party is covertly trying to convince voters that Republicans want to “ban … Continue reading →