Archive for November, 2009
Books Are Bad for You
Michael Wolff makes a good point:
“A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium.
I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil.”
via Books Are Bad for [...]
Birth of a Surgeon ~ Full Episode | Wide Angle
Brilliant video of the training of midwives in sub-Saharan Africa in life-saving surgical techniques, such as Cesareans and hysterectomies. One in 22 women there dies in childbirth. More than 600,000 women die every year in childbirth worldwide.
“WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique, where a bold grassroots initiative to train midwives in advanced life-saving surgery has [...]
SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING – Interviews with Supporters—New Left Media
Check out this hilarious video. I love Chase Whiteside.
via New Left Media.
Op-Ed Columnist – Advice From Grandma – NYTimes.com
New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat Thomas Friedman gets at the etiology of the political paralysis that has stricken our nation. There are six factors that have converged to create civilization-threatening gridlock. Read the New York Times article for more. Well said, Mr. Friedman!
Friedman: “But while our culture of imagination [...]
Editorial – A Gift to Credit Card Companies – NYTimes.com
It seems simple to believe that people are motivated by money—it talks and bullshit walks, right?—but why do I struggle to believe that anyone could so deliberately screw over his constituents? It gives rise to a feeling of outrage.
“Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months [...]
SU – WI: Judge jails mother over daughters refusal to visit father | NowPublic News Coverage
The mother in this case will be held indefinitely in jail because she does not force her daughter to visit her abusive father. Child Protective Services substantiated sexual abuse by the father against the girl and he has a long history of domestic violence. Fathers should and do have rights. Abusers should not.
“On November 12, [...]
Why the Stupak Amendment to the Healthcare Reform Bill Is Unconstitutional
Could this be the tip of the iceberg of unintended consequences of federalized health care? Health insurers have long prevented the infertile from having coverage for their disease, forcing us to pay out of pocket for necessary health care. There is no legitimate reason to do this except bowing to the stigmatization of an “unpopular,” [...]
I-Team: Former Weatherman Accused of Stalking – Las Vegas Now
Yikes! Personality disorder on display. What’s black is white and white is black. Notice the projection: He’s accusing her of stalking. I bet a lot of women prior to this one were intimidated and not believed when they talked about him. Scary.
“LAS VEGAS –John Fredericks had a 12-year career on the Las Vegas airwaves and [...]
Reform Matters – Making Real Progress for Women and Health Care
Women have an especially difficult time accessing health care due to discriminatory practices that are currently legal. Here’s a pdf developed by the National Women’s Law Center that describes what health care reform would mean to women in Nevada: Nevada Health Care Reform Fact Sheet
For more information and state-by-state analyses of what HR [...]
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