ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

The confluence of events sometimes teaches us  what might happen.  First, take the case of Justine Sacco: Roxane Gay writes about it: ...

The honorary Scrooge of this year's Christmas is  probably Wal-Mart : U.S. companies, forbidden to give money directly to political ...

1.  Two Pussy Riot members have been freed which is good news.  But read about their experiences in prison. 2.  Why the Republican Party...

If you celebrate Christmas, have a very happy one.  If not, enjoy this end of the year.  To all of you, a wonderful 2014!

President Obama reads political columnists.  His top ten list*  is 90% white and 100% male. That's probably not because he would have...

I've had those with the computer and the modem today, and earlier I had problems between the incompatibility of my old scanner (it scan...

From the very north of Europe

Did you read about the MRAs (Men's Rights Activists) who bombed Occidental College with false rape reports ?  Think Progress: Occid...

The a cappella band is called Rajaton (limitless, infinite, without boundaries or borders).

I have changed the default avatar in the comments, so don't be frightened that it's part of a snake.  If you find that bothersome I...

Our old misogynist pal Camille Paglia wrote an article for Time with the fetching title "It’s a Man’s World, and It Always Will Be....

I love this story, sniff.  It has everything:  miracles, a lovely Labrador retriever, a charming gentleman, kind folks: Cecil Williams, ...

You want to read this take on how Ross uses one book to draw his conclusions about women in the society.  The article is called "Welc...

  This post is about the study Ross Douthat was so very happy about:  "The Effect of Daughters on Partisanship and Social Attitudes...

That would be finding research results which reinforce his own views.  Don't we all like those findings?  But some of us have a bigger ...

I deserve a break.  In the last month I have written on the bitchy women stuff ( which has already seeped into all the comments threads e...

The point of talking about this:  Everywhere I checked people assumed that the data correctly reflects not only race or ethnic differences ...

This Russian video, from 2012, shows a crow doing winter sports: My mother once told me that after watching children play soccer du...

(Contents of Seventh Post Include Sexual Violence) First , this on income inequality in the US is worth watching. Second , Twitter reve...

Those things, my friends, are all the same as the Prime Minister of Denmark,  the head of the government of the Kingdom of Denmark.  She ha...