ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

A round the turn of the millennium, Brian Lamb asked Molly Ivins a predictable and banal question, what was the most important book of the ...

W hile it’s not the most dangerous of the guardians of the soul of aristocracy embedded in the American system of government, the days of th...

This is an interesting post on the topic by Virginia Rutter, especially interesting given the concerns Chris Matthews has aired about women...

Kos has a post which compares those who support Mike Huckabee for president with the progressive gate-crashers: One thing that's fascin...

Would be most welcome. I've had this thread before, I think, but I can never have too many suggestions for comfort reading. The term, ...

The youth vote seems to have been crucial for Obama's victory, and the slogan that worked was "change." Huckabee is the cand...

The first time I heard the "feminism was all about women's right to choose whatever they wish" theme was some time in the 1990...

An interesting YouTube video where the selection of pictures gives a message more racist and fearful than the words indicate.

Shakes has written a thoughtful essay on feminism as one solution to the question how women react to the message of themselves as "le...

This piece of political humor about Hillary Clinton is making its rounds. It appears to have been on the Drudge Report on 1/2/08 and also ...

Do you have a hard time deciding how to assign your vote in the Democratic Primaries? Don't worry, you can ask Maureen Dowd about the d...

A new study suggests that hospital emergency rooms under-treat pain in black and Hispanic patients. This matters, not only for humanitari...

An odd aspect of writing both on liberal politics and on feminism is that I tend to think of certain male liberal bloggers as in my team. S...

Sort of interesting, especially when my muse has gone out somewhere, probably to get a new tattoo. He's really into body-piercing, my E...

Would make more sense than Bill O'Reilly's attempts to argue that there is a secular war against Christmas. I don't like the id...

The Pretty Bird Woman House , a shelter for the victims of domestic violence, got enough money to open! And largely this was due to those w...

What does Mike Huckabee think about the role of women? This guy wants to be our president so his views might matter. It could be that they...

Bill Kristol, a conservative writer and editor, has managed the astonishing feat of being wrong on most every prediction about the Iraq war...

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I ’m less of a snob every year, I’m less of a snob every year, My clothes and my shoes get me hardened cold stares, I haven’t got Rolexes or...