Birthers on the Hill.

This is starting to become really scary.

Oh, Come On!

I officially demand a cease and desist order on this America’s Got Talent BS. They’ve done it again. Taken another person deemed, by social standards, unattractive, and gone wild because she can hold a tune. Remember that Susan Boyle business? And that other dude, the opera singer? Okay, the opera singer could actually sing. [...]

Because She Had It Coming, Right?

A few weeks ago, someone posted a hidden camera video online of Erin Andrews, an ESPN sideline reporter, while she was nude in a hotel room. The whole incident has left her understandably shaken. She has said she will sue the person responsible, as well as anyone that spreads the video (a list which [...]

Weekend Endorsements: Raging Against the Healthcare Machine and Rediscovering a Boho Songstress.

quadmoniker: I’m going to endorse universal health care, or at least universal dental care. Because of the way I changed jobs and a lack of consistent coverage, I didn’t go to the dentist between 2004 and 2008. At the same time, I was fairly steadily on subscription antacids because I kept getting [...]

Quote of the Day.

The conversations at TNC’s spot on the Gates fiasco have been great to read, but this quote from a commenter named brent is really worth highlighting.

Setting aside all of the other meta-discussions on race and class that surround this issue, the thing about all of this that creeps me out the most is [...]

Vote.

How Barack Obama Won South Carolina.*

The Times has a long, long profile on Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s closest advisors during the campaign and who currently serves as a senior advisor in the White House. It begins thus:

On Jan. 25, 2008, the day before the South Carolina Democratic primary, Barack Obama endured a grueling succession of campaign [...]

Covering Rape.

Samhita is rightly bothered by the unfortunate, predictable response (and ESPN’s non-coverage)  of the lawsuit against Pittsburgh Steeler’s QB Ben Roethlisberger for an alleged rape.

We can still evaluate the way the media portrays women when they bring about rape charges, the extent to which the general public will defend and accept [...]