ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Huffington Post is running a series about a gender gap in happiness. Women are less happy than men, according to its male author, but he w...

My thanks to Anthony McCarthy, who thought I might like the art of another Maine resident, Arla Patch. He was right. I find it gorgeous and...

This is a yellow crowned night heron sunbathing, courtesy of Peter. I've never had any use for sunbathing, and I'm eagerly awaiting ...

Y, a married member of the clergy, asked X, a young widow, to help around the church. He grew closer until the intimacy became sexual. Her l...

I have very low commenting numbers (though absolutely stellar commenters). I can no longer remember what the percentage of blog readers mig...

So very odd that Pat Buchanan, that icon of virtue and respectability, gives a pass on "boy talk." Watch for yerselves : It...

When you want one of those nice couple of hours with a sweet and thoughtful book read Terry Pratchett's Nation . It is intended for you...

Ezra write about the co-op part of the Baucus plan, the idea that every state should have a co-operative health care provider. That sounds ...

That's what groping and pinching and verbally harassing women is called in India . Such an odd term, that "teasing". It nega...

So goes this article about the recession and the very wealthy: Observers say it is part of a far broader campaign in the wake of the Great R...

Billionaires for Wealthcare are the new incarnation of Billionaires for Bush. I saw the group perform (at my expense, even) last summer. S...

This article is typical of a whole genre of something which actually affects men at least as much as it affects women or more, but which is...

I'm borrowing that title from Eschaton, where it refers to the traditional cocktail hour. Here it's a snake tail hour. Or rather, ...

Atrios makes a good point today: Just adding on to Glenn's post, much opposition to the government actually doing anything decent for pe...

I bet you didn't think I could write one of them, eh? Well, see how wrong you were : A new White House Council on Women and Girls is as...

I'm fed up with the presumed view that feminists a) are suitable scapegoats for everything that has not yet been fixed in women's li...

For our recent 20 year college reunion, some old friends of mine planned a girl's night, a sleepover at a friend's home the night be...

I bought a fantasy book to read while traveling on the train. It's supposed to be all about elves and suchlike. But what do I read on ...

If you're a woman -- and you must be, or you'd be bowhunting or watching porn instead of reading this blog -- you've probably sp...

The traditions about how to raise children are different : A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor t...