ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

N ow that prominent Republicans like Sarah Palin, Republican candidates for the Senate and other offices are making thinly veiled threats of...

Note: I’m unable to write this morning. Given that unemployment insurance extension is being blocked in the Senate, and, so, many more pe...

If a food critic says the pomegranate glaze tantalizes the tongue, she’s really saying, “I liked it, and I think you will, too.” But she ref...

Which is the bigger dog? It's Mi Hija, the white one in the background. My Ginger, a Chihuahua, is in the foreground. Bonnie, Mi Hija...

On posts: There are always some big ones that got away. Like in a fishing tale. I often have these ghost posts in my mind or even in a dra...

Has lady bits! This is good news, because the more women in powerful posts we see the less we associate only masculinity with power and the...

That is my (or probably someone else's) extremely rude reversal of the usual "Why buy a cow when you can get cheap milk?" (An...

A reader sent me a link to a piece about Mattel's online poll concerning the next occupation for the Barbie doll (yes, the thing with tw...

One misogynist comment in that place where they now gather (the Atlantic Monthly ) stated that women are useless creatures because the only ...

Stan McChrystal, the lean and mean attack dog . You are going to meet him at noon on the long and dusty streets of Somewhere in Afghanistan...

Atrios linked to this post at Firedoglake : Americans overwhelmingly rank jobs and the economy as the most important challenge facing this ...

I often read the comments in more mainstream places to posts about abortions, because I want to understand where the different arguments com...

That's what Eleanor Clift says, anyway : EMILY's List: Confronting the Growing Ambivalence Over Abortion One of the issues that aros...

I do. Just drove through it today, because I had to, in order to get out of beautiful Vermont. And don't you dare tell me that I shoul...

This is a new radio show featuring two women : Both Sides Now is a new weekend radio show offering both sides on every issue, with Arianna H...

T his morning I asked a half of a question, Would you want the friends of your children, their boyfriends, girlfriends to have their mind...

To all you dads out there. I'm giving you cute dog pictures as a present. Remember Sasha? To refresh your memory, this is how she use...

T his has been developing over the last several months. W hen I sat down to write this post it was going to be about another story in today...

I wrote about a review of this movie earlier. Here is a review by someone who has seen the movie. A trigger warning is warranted before cli...

O ur educations and what our culture teaches us are often useful and on occasion produce a good model of reality to manipulate and find furt...