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Worth a read. Might even change some minds. A few, anyhow. https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash

Never check a privilege, Princeton writer Tal Fortgang! Are you mad? By Alexandra Petri May 8 Lately it has come to my attention (read: my manservant read it to me off a tablet) that a Princeton student has been making waves by denouncing the concept of privilege. “A Princetonian...

This West Virginia 17-year old just beat an incumbent state delegate By Reid Wilson May 14 Saira Blair will graduate from a West Virginia high school later this month. She posts photos of her smoothie habit on Instagram, volunteers at the Martinsburg VA hospital and helps raise money for the...

No, not Paul Hogan. 17 million-year-old giant sperm discovered Tom Warren, The Verge yesterday Scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest sperm at a fossil site in Australia. The 17 million-year-old sperm belongs to an ancient species of tiny shrimp that lived in the Australian...

Common Core critics offer too little, too late Because it's communist. And Kenyan. And black.

Donald Sterling blames woman for his own racial comments: ‘I was baited’ By Terrence McCoy , May 12 For two weeks, Donald Sterling’s voice has been everywhere. Since April 25, when TMZ released a recording of Sterling making racist, disparaging comments about Magic Johnson, the clip has...

Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama’s Impeachment by National Review writer Andrew McCarthy. Oh, please please pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!

Who knew the North Koreans were Tea Party? The DPRK government's comments about Obama, as reported in the Washington Post: “clown” “dirty fellow” "wicked black monkey" “does not even have the basic appearances of a human being.” “He is a crossbreed with unclear blood.” Obama “still has the...

Inside Britain’s big, dumb halal pizza scandal Hmmm. . . if Westerners are as tolerant as some folk hereabouts like to claim, why are they organising boycotts of chains that use halal meat? A body might think "tolerant" would be "I won't eat there, but they can do as they please." "That...

Here is an amazingly cogent, incisive analysis of Scandals!, as opposed to scandals. Worth a read. I would note that the analysis of Republiklans here can also be levelled against Dumbocrats, though lately it's all Republiklan all the time.

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, May 5 WASHINGTON — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their...

By Robert Barnes, Updated: Monday, May 5 A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that legislative bodies such as city councils can begin their meetings with prayer, even if it plainly favors the religion of the speaker. The court ruled 5 to 4 that Christian prayers...

Ralph Nader's America: Impeach Obama, decriminalize drugs, libertarians & progressives unite! By Jeff Zeleny, Jordyn Phelps, and Alexandra Dukakis What if Washington politics were no longer defined by partisan gridlock but instead by a cross-party alliance that forged solutions? The alliance...

Georgia governor signs law to drug test some welfare recipients By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation on Tuesday requiring some applicants for food stamps and welfare benefits to undergo a drug test. Under the bill, testing could be required if...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's eventual death from a heart attack. Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared...

Y'all heard me occasionally differentiate conservatives from right-wingers, and I imagine some wondered what I was talking about. Well, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin put it real well: The GOP should not show enthusiasm for anti-government crack-pots By Jennifer Rubin April 27 at...

Today is the 88th birthday of Her Most Britannic Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Born into a small German immigrant family in ancient housing in London, Elizabeth II's father named her after the famous ocean liner in the hope she would fit in better in the family's adopted country. Elizabeth II...

NFL draft time is rolling around, and one of the most intriguing prospects is Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. His real name is Ha'Sean (hardly an improvement) and he's predicted to be one of the first half-dozen or so picks. He may or may not do well in the NFL (many college superstars...

Atlanta Braves office receives racist hate mail directed toward Hank Aaron By Stanley Kay Numerous racist letters addressed to Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron were sent to the Atlanta Braves organization during the past week, according to USA Today. The Braves have received...

What'll they think of next? There was a story that went with this, but really, who cares why they're doing it?