ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Whatever might come later. Have a look at this picture of the Tahir Square. Notice the organization and the care with which the needs of...

Julian's main criterion for a woman was simple: She had to be young. Preferably younger than twenty-two. And it went without saying that...

This photo of a chinchilla on a friend's Facebook page brought back memories of one of the best corrections, at least in my career. It w...

I wanted to write something on this topic for the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day but learned far too late that I don't know enoug...

Some interesting points about health care coverage in the Congress: Ask any House Republican about repealing President Barack Obama’s hea...

My earlier deep-questions post refers to the nastiness of public advice-giving when it comes to motherhood and the processes which build u...

I wrote this post last November : My First Thought  After hearing of the Republican victory in the House was that we are gonna hear a l...

This is a most fascinating video on the Rachel Maddow Show. It's about the "culture wars," but with a twist.

1. Is Twitter killing the blogs? I read this somewhere, possibly on Twitter. So are we all going to tweet about our tweets once the blo...

Sarah Posner has written an interesting article about an evangelist called Bill Gothard. Remember this political ad about Daniel Webster? ...

So I see this: Are your kids chunky? It could be your fault, mom. A new study published in the journal Child Development suggests that wo...

That is what a new study tells us! What fun for me to do the kind of popularization I usually tear apart here! This is GOOD study, my fem...

The first post on this topic (with the cumbersome title, intended to keep trollies away) was about the reasons why conservatives tend to o...

This post talks about the opposition to the idea that the new health care law might offer birth control as a fully covered medical service....

If my beloved alien (Al from outer space) was here to watch American politics she/he/it/they would certainly think that something called ...

This is Kirra, DWD's rescued Siberian husky. She is also the ruler of her snowy realm, preferring a position high up on a snow mountai...

Dog fetching sticks from water

The forced-birthers are really clever about asking us to look elsewhere (Planned Parenthood! Nurses don't physically hand-cuff pimps t...

Never take your clothes off for a middle-aged man who claims that it's art. -- Maria Schneider, who died yesterday at 58. Some who wri...

Why send speaking heads abroad to discuss events if those speaking heads have no idea about the culture and don't know the language? W...