Every fall, Beloit College makes up a “Mindset List” to reflect the world of the new incoming college students (born in about 1991, this year) — what their life has included, and what it hasn’t. Understandably, reading it makes those of us over, um, thirty feel old and alienated. And who doesn’t [...]
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Abstinance-geared “sex-ed” causes pregnancy & syphilis
Imagine my surprise: We’re now reaping the “rewards” of Bushies’ Jeebus-driven anti-sex health “education” policies. A new CDC report has both of these “rising sharply among a generation of American school girls who were urged to avoid sex before marriage under George Bush’s evangelically-driven education policy”. (US teen pregnancy and syphilis rates rose sharply during [...]
Old folks: We got ours already
No federal health insurance for the rest of you, say the over-65’s who already have it.
via Matthew Yglesias
Discrimination for God is A-OK
Apparently religious employers can discriminate all they like, for any reason they like — at least in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in anti-discrimination case. “The court basically ruled that a judge cannot impose hiring or firing standards because it would interfere with religious freedom.”
Suzie and God’s plan
The Story of Suzie (and her love for Jesus). Via Pharyngula and God is for Suckers.
Sotomayor and the Klan-loving Senator Sessions
Matthew Yglesias has a nice “Thought of the Day”:
I would pay good money to hear Sonia Sotomayor say, “Senator Sessions, I think it’s ironic to be facing these questions from a man whose judicial nomination was rejected by this very committee on the grounds that he’s a huge racist.”
Same-sex marriage dies in NY for now
Giving Up on Marriage Equality, for Now:
The lord-of-the-flies chaos in the NYS Senate has killed any chance gay marriage had in New York this year. Perhaps that was part of the point?
The Atheist Apocalyse
The Atheist Apocalyse is coming!
Conservatives Prepping for Race War Against Sotomayor
From Matthew Yglesias: “More than one-third of the witnesses on the Republican’s list for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing are lawyers and academics who’ve based their careers on opposing affirmative action, and activists who have become symbols of the anti-affirmative action movement.”
Report: Bush surveillance program was massive
Far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged.