Archive for February, 2011
How Not To Talk About Rape
We haven’t really talked about the case of Lara Logan, the CBS foreign correspondent who was separated from her crew in Egypt and then sexually assaulted. It’s been depressing watching it play out, not only because of the depressing nature of the crime, but also because people are cruel. Echidne of the Snakes has monitored […]
Texas Tidbits
Gail Collins has a wonderful piece in today’s New York Times that rightly slams Texas and its governor, Rick Perry, about education and abstinence.
Repeal The Job-Killing Speaker Of The House
John Boehner on Tuesday: “Since President Obama has taken office the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs, and if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it.”
We all spend most of our lives at work, so why not make workplaces nicer?
There is a business case for better workplaces. As some guy once said, “Employee satisfaction is the only real, durable source of customer satisfaction.”
Thousands Rally To Protest Their Despotic Dictator
Where can you find this crowd of an estimated 50,000 people?
Marriage Equality vs. Civil Unions
Yesterday in a meeting with bloggers, Governor Markell stated that he supported Civil Unions for Delaware but hadn’t thought about full marriage equality.
On Jack Markell
A number of Delaware’s bloggers were invited to a Governor’s Roundtable with Governor Markell this morning at his offices in Wilmington, so that the Governor can respond to recent progressive criticism and address his budget priorities. It was a very interesting discussion.
Academic Freedom And The Limits Of Free Speech
A law professor at Widener University is accused of making violent, racist and threatening speech in the classroom. The professor believes he’s being targeted because he is a conservative.
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