ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

        That's the headline on a story in a feature section of my local paper, although, on the Web site, the story is under "ente...

I t’s often wondered at, how otherwise intelligent people can be just plain dense. I remember having a discussion about the Noble Prize stu...

U sing the neglect of Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old boy whose parents have kept him from receiving treatment for lymphoma, as an attack on ...

E chidne once said here that she wanted to be able to walk down any street without fear of being attacked because she is a woman. That is a...

          Recently, I was trying to explain to T and P, two Fulbright scholars from Asia, why white feminists have been excoriated for hirin...

I needed something bright because, where I live, we may have to build an ark. 

One of them is surely that Rick Santorum is not in power right now: From Think Progress: Part of that "patrimony" that has "w...

That's how writing is at its best. What more could I ever ask, what other delight could ever compare to that incredible rush, that inne...

Remember him? The power behind the throne for the last eight years, the Darth Vader of American politics? The man many believe was behind ...

The Republican Party had this fantastic idea to rename the Democratic Party: Republicans on Wednesday abandoned an effort to label their o...

That's what I had for dinner tonight: Young dandelion leaves and chives from my chive plant. Now if I only figured out how to grow che...

Ann Friedman has written an interesting article about the new political/social/cultural websites intended largely for women: Jezebel, Double...

Watch these videos of Glenn Beck on the View : Courtesy of Media Matters via Atrios. Note Whoopi's body language in the second video.

Senator Ted Kennedy's cancer is in remission and he will return to work full time. That's good news. Also, Anna Chatten is believe...

This odd bit of news links to something I've been discussing with a few people recently: A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take h...

The Supreme Court has a majority of conservatives and catholics on the bench. What does that mean for women's rights? Guess. You don...

Remember the Promise Keepers? They are probably still around, teaching men how to be the high priests of their families (which includes sub...

Did you know that the President's daily intelligence briefings about the Iraq war had covers with Bible verses? The "President...

In Kuwait four women were elected to the 50-member parliament. That's eight percent! Not bad for the very first parliament which will...

I f you are tempted to suspect that I am privy to anyone’s inside knowledge, I had no idea Richard Lewontin would have a major essay-cum boo...