ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

No, it isn't, but the Snakepit Inc. is. I bought the house ten years ago as a fixer-upper, the only way I could afford it. And then I ...

Here is the link. She is right to be worried. And so should we all be worried if we care about the equality of women and men. (And if you...

This is when you know that you have been too immersed in politics. You see an ad showing lots of new-born babies and you wonder which of th...

Decorations?  This is the gloomiest embroidery I have made. It's about all the sad things, I think, but it also has a stitch I invented...

Christine on ms. musings linked to an article by Ms. Allen in the Los Angeles Times. The article begins thus : Feminist Fatale Where are ...

It seems that Jeff Gannon had a part to play in getting rid of Daschle: Gannon took up the Republicans' dirty work with great gusto, be...

Things don't look good for many Iraqi women, especially the educated and the secular ones. Most signs point towards at least some modif...

I'm not a great user of the chatrooms because I'm a shy goddess. But they are interesting to visit once in a while and visiting the...

Negroponte used to be called that. Why? Here's why : Negroponte has a long resume in Republican administrations. Before Iraq, Negropon...

Today's Actions comes from NRDC -- and it's easy. NRDC is starting a blog that will focus on efforts to prevent the Bush administra...

You could do worse than read Maureen Dowd's and Frank Rich's columns on the Jeff Gannon affair in the New York Times , assuming th...

This is to be recommended. Our administration has found it profitable, in any case. Here's Porter Goss : Islamic militants waging a dea...

I'm working on a post about fertility and the current pro-natalistic wingnut ideas, but I hate the topic so much that I'm procrastin...

He is a wingnut who is fighting to fumigate the lefty lairs in academia. The idea is to get rid of all the brainwashing that we progressive...

"Every morning, I wake up and thank God for my unique ability to accessorize!" Barbie the doll

Some of us still believe it matters : Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, and Rep. John Conyer...

It is called posturing, I believe, though I have no idea whether it is justified in this case or not : The United States recalled its ambass...

According to Salon , this is what Bush's faith-based initiative is. Or rather according to David Kuo who used to be the deputy director...

Today's Action comes from Amnesty International: No one has been brought to justice for the crimes against humanity being committed in S...

She is an Iraqi blogger with a very good blog. This is what she talks about in her latest post: Last week my cousin needed to visit the cu...