ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

A reader wanted to know why I am so enthralled with William Bolcom. The darkest, densest tango you are likely to have heard in a long time....

Y ou know that Hillary Clinton is damned for all time for the sin of keeping her family intact and we are seeing the beginning of a campaign...

A white crow in an oak tree. I've seen a white crow.

Now for something lighter. "The Vagina Monologues" are being staged in my town tonight, and my mind wandered to the Labia Dialog...

       I decided to write on gender, race and essentialism after reading “Hillary's Scarlett O'Hara Act” by Princeton professor Mel...

The first picture is from swampcracker. He suggested it be called: "Spring is in the air but somewhere on the road of evolution, the h...

      This political season, a lot has been written about white women and black women as if they were monolithic groups. We need a refresher...

Dallas, Texas : DALLAS -- Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates mor...

After following tonight's Democratic debate: Isn't it wonderful to have the choice between two intelligent and well-informed candid...

Kathryn Joyce's article in the Nation magazine tells us about a conservative war you may not that often think about: the war of the w...

The New York Times has published an odd article about John McCain's past: Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White H...

Well, the opposition to Musharraf did well there , and on the whole the elections were judged to be quite successful, what with not so many ...

About the current presidential primaries has to do with the enthusiasm gap or whatever you wish to call the fact that the Democratic primari...

Digby tells us that Tucker Carlson, perhaps in despair over his miserable ratings, invited the C.U.N.T. guy on to his show. If you care fo...

This article on Alternet suggests society should help men who experience domestic violence at the hands of women. That seems only fair. But...

I first saw a video of the giant puppet from a parade in Iceland. She even squatted down and peed in that one! My instant reaction to her ...

A new report looks specifically at how women and girls are affected by the cross-your-legs policy that the Bush administration has so eager...

         Tampa has a Mardi Gras knockoff called Gasparilla.  Two brothers from a prominent family recently  resigned from an all-male krewe ...

Drake Bennett has written an interesting piece in the Boston Globe , asking whether gender stereotypes are harder to address than racial ste...

A study reports on something which is also the common-sense conclusion to come to: If you have no health insurance and little money you ar...