Fighting Abnormal (And Fake) Body Images As The Mother Of A 14 Year Old Girl

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My 14 year old daughter wears a size 0 and still thinks she's not skinny enough. It's enough to make me want to pull my hair out. I want to scream when her friends come over and the discussion spirals into what's wrong with my body. Granted, their focus is on their bodies only, and they're quick to come to each others' defense. Also, they don't attack someone for their weight or their looks, which, I guess, is a step in the right direction. But... they are ridiculously hard on themselves.

Happy Birthday, Dr. King

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Yesterday would have been Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's 82 birthday. He had a dream......... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs&feature=fvsr[/youtube]

Thus ends the most quixotic Presidential run this cycle…

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So former Utah Governor and former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, mired in the low single digits in the polls in South Carolina after a respectable but insufficient third place finish in New Hampshire, is dropping out of the race. There was a time, before he became Ambassador to China, that I most feared Huntsman as a potential rival to President Obama. But a misreading of the political landscape and a patriotic decision ended that threat.

Sunday Open Thread [1.15.12]

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We got two new polls showing Mitt Romney surging and Gingrich dropping. Looks like the Bain attacks backfired on Gingrich. Republicans love vulture capitalists and firing middle and working class people. Therefore, Romney is their hero. We also have Stephen Colbert's latest campaign ad. It's hilarious.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

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Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because of this," is a logical fallacy that states, "Since that event followed this one, that event must have been caused by this one." I was reminded of this scene and this principle when reading of a tragedy in the News Journal this morning.

Still the Party of Bush and Palin.

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Because both of them still have more influence over Republicans with their potential endorsement than their local man or woman of God. 28% of Republican primary voters say former President Bush's endorsement will sway them. 23% say that with respect to Palin. Both rank at the top of the list, higher than their priest, rabbi or pastor.

So Delawareonline is going behind a paywall…

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... so what? The internet business model of giving away your product for free online was never going to work, and a lot of newspapers went out of business trying to make it work. Before the internet, if you wanted your local newspaper like the News Journal, you paid for it. And it is going to be that way again.