Archive for January, 2008
Gaaaack! Huckabee calls abortion slavery!!!
Well, that’s what the headline writer probably wants you to think. Here’s what the candidate said: Leaving it up to individual states to outlaw abortion within their own borders is not enough, he said. “That’s again the logic of the Civil War — that slavery could be okay in Georgia but not okay in Massachusetts. [...]
Read More..>>Pity they can’t both lose
So there’s some kind of hoopla in the world of tennis. Apparently some male commentator said something tasteless and dumb about Venus Williams’ bottom. Well, pfft. While I agree his comment was stupid and inappropriate, I also have to have a good laugh at the girls. Players nowadays display A LOT more than a mean backhand. Not that it [...]
Read More..>>Fixing boys? Why, are they broken?
It’s not just feminists who bother me when they mistake particular women’s difficulties for systematic discrimination. For the most part, Hillary Clinton’s electoral troubles are hers and hers only – and she would have them were she a middle-aged white guy. I used to think the exact same thing back in the day Pauline Marois could [...]
Read More..>>I am woman, hear me sob?
A semi-interesting piece in today’s Ottawa Citizen by Susan Riley about Hillary Clinton’s “sudden display of emotion” at a recent campaign event which has reportedly helped her avoid another defeat in New Hampshire. …no one would portray Hillary — wealthy, well-educated, well-connected and white — as a victim. As an individual, she obviously isn’t; as [...]
Read More..>>Every now and then, Hollywood makes sense
Sort of picking up on Andrea’s point, though perhaps with a twist. It’s not always true that beauty and fashion sense go together. If you pay any attention to Mr. Blackwell’s list (and if you don’t, you should start – it’s pure girlie fun), you will notice starlets that make his worst-dressed list very often [...]
Read More..>>The question nobody’s asking
If I weren’t afraid of stale metaphors, I’d say this is where the rubber meets the road. Some MPs are rallying support for a proposed law that would make it a crime to kill or injure an unborn child after a Winnipeg woman, who was eight months pregnant, was shot to death. Conservative MP Ken [...]
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