Marriage Manuals: Retro and Contemporary
If you're a fan of retro marriage manuals -- and who isn't? -- you'll enjoy this review of the genre and its modern-day incarnations [Salon.com]
Religious Right Attacks Queer Students’ Safety in Washington Schools
The Washington state chapter of the Christian Coalition has come out in opposition to a proposed anti-bullying policy because it might--gasp--protect gay teenagers or children from being viciously harassed by classmates. God forbid. [Advocate.com]
House International Relations Committee Approves Measure to Overturn Global Gag Rule
The House International Relations Committee has approved a Democratic measure to amend the State Department authorization bill for 2002 which will overturn Bush's re-imposition of the global gag rule. Thank God for Congressional Democrats finally getting something done against Bush's Napoleonic Hundred Days.
Arianna Huffington Trashes Bush’s Weak Attempts at Green-washing
The beautiful, but evil, Arianna Huffington has continued her tilt away from nouveau conservative pundit and towards the decidedly awesome with her column blasting the Bush administration's vacuous attempts to appear environmental
around Earth Day [Salon.com]. I'm remembering Pappy Bush's declaration in the early 1990s that he would be the environmental President (which still makes me laugh today).
Cops more likely to arrest women on public disturbance infractions
Teen crime down, but more girls are going to jail [Salon], often for no clear reason other than overt gender bias. As it turns out, young women are much more likely to be arrested than young men if they are committing public disturbance or other behavior that cops can attribute to boys being boys
. The message: Shut up, girls, and be good! Go on out there and have some fun, boys.