Women Should Not Have This Fear

As a man, sometimes I forget how tough it is to be a woman. Seriously, no joke here. Stop Street Harassment, a blog for women about the constant harassment they…

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We [representatives of Pakistan and the United States] did talk about drones, and let me be very frank: there is a gap between us. The bottom line is the question…

Wednesday’s Open Thread

Yesterday, we had our first successful open thread with some good discussion and links from our readers. Well done, people, well done. For a starting point, some posts yesterday that…

Tuesday’s Open Thread

For those of you who are unfamiliar what an open thread is, it is a post open to all our visitors as a place to let everyone what's on your…

Colbert on Beck

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The Republican Party has backed itself into a regional, ideological and demographic corner -- the one marked "rural, conservative, white." The party is out of step with the nation it…

Quote of the Day II

President Obama steps up to the plate in Turkey and hits a double (continuing a thin baseball meme). So let me say this as clearly as I can: The United…

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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You…

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Backstory: Iowa goes gay. We have a constitutional duty to ensure equal protection of the law. If gay and lesbian people must submit to different treatment without an exceedingly persuasive…