ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

It is very hot and hard to think of a proper post. I'm going to have another cool shower and try later. In the meantime, enjoy partia...

I found an old hassock for a friend who broke her ankle, but then I went into the hospital and couldn't take it to her. In the meantime,...

So could you weather goddesses and gods just stop already? Yes, you are awesome and awe-inspiring, and yes, we are stupid idiots not to do...

The Gang of Six is the name of a bipartisan group of six Senators who have written a recommendation aimed at cutting all the fat (and the l...

Violent rapes and murders have become a cause for concern: A spate of exceptionally brutal rapes in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh ha...

The news are these : Virtually all health insurance plans could soon be required to offer female patients free coverage of prescription bi...

How do I know that about kitchens? I have one, and right now I am writing about it. Presto, a new trend! Pseudo-trends happen all the t...

I was wearing my medieval velvet beret with the tassel on the side while writing it, surrounded by them academic robes. I was not wearing ...

Now this is a piece which should provoke some discussion here: A clinical psychologist, Farley studies prostitution, trafficking, and sex...

It does not exist, I'm sad to tell you. But Summer's Eve does exist. It is a special cleansing liquid for vaginas. So that they ...

So she did not get Obama's nomination to lead the agency she created, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite clearly wantin...

The New York Times this week reports on a phenomenon that you’ve likely experienced if you take more than a couple of prescription drugs,...

You probably did not pay much attention to the Credit Card Act of 2009. In any case, it was full of goodies for the consumers, including ...

I finally got Blue Valentine from Netflix (and by the way, I am sticking with the DVD plan; not enough selection for streaming only, but I ...

The California Milk Processor Board and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have created a new ad campaign to get "somebody" to dr...

A new documentary: Gloria: In Her Own Words . Unfortunately, no trailer available yet. First airdate is August 15th. I can't think of an...

This would be the number of young women and girls who did well in Google's first science fair: Shree Bose, age 17, from Fort Worth, T...

The quarterfinal soccer game between the U.S. and Brazilian women's teams. It was an exciting game and it was taken seriously as a ga...

If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human ...

As a follow-up to Saturday's post about Betty Ford , here is an interesting opinion about Ford from yesterday's NYT by Nixonland a...