The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Let’s Laugh Now: Palin Edges Huckabee Among Mississippi Segregationists?

While checking Memeorandum to keep track of the latest government shutdown developments Friday, I saw this headline at the liberal Talking Points Memo blog: Nearly Half Of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal Hmmmmm. So I went over to check the results at Public Policy Polling and found that, in a poll of […]

So, Monica Potts: When’s the Wedding?

In the American Prospect, Monica Potts gets all sarcastic about Kay Hymowitz’s new book, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys., describing Hymowitz’s thesis: Hymowitz argues that a generation of parents who spent their time empowering girls has left men adrift and unable to understand their proper place in society. […]

Atlantic Crossing

Trans-Atlantic cosmopolitan Hadley Freeman, who apparently hops back and forth between Manhattan and Ye Merry Olde, offers what she describes as an ironic contrast: The British approach to dating could easily be described as “chaotic” to the point of non-existent. I, however, see it as a decidedly just, nay, DEMOCRATIC state of affairs: you go […]

Echidne of the Snakes Really Hates Christianity and Marriage Doesn’t She?

Jaana Goodrich (“Echdne of the Snakes“) participates in an economics panel with Paul Krugman and Duncan “Atrios” Black, at EschaCon ’08 Conference, Philadelphia, March 29, 2008 (Photo by A Spork in the Drawer) Yesterday, there was a Memeorandum thread about Ross Douthat’s latest column. I glanced at the column, and considered blogging about it, but then […]

Huckabee: ‘Hey, Maybe I Shouldn’t Have Trash-Talked Luke Skywalker’s Mom’

We’ve finally found a Republican dumber than Dan Quayle: Mike Huckabee walked back his criticisms of actress Natalie Portman for “glamorizing” out-of-wedlock pregnancies Friday, with a statement insisting he was only talking about society and that he’s glad the Oscar winner plans to wed her baby’s father. . . . “I was asked about Oscar-winner Natalie […]

The Economics of Love

That’s when she told me a story About free milk and a cow. She said, ‘No hugging, no kissing Until I get a wedding vow . . .’ Research affirms old-fashioned common sense: As women progress in educational and professional opportunities, their odds of finding a committed man appear to go down. That’s one of […]

The Fatherhood Deficit

“I find it far-fetched that women are having abortions because no one is willing to help them give the baby up for adoption — there are lots of people and agencies that will not only help them, but pay a substantial portion of their expenses until they deliver. They’re having abortions because pregnancy is physically […]

Brittany Smith Found Alive, Police Say Jeffrey Scott Easley ‘Very Good Suspect’ in Death of 12-Year Old Girl’s Mother

Let’s begin at the beginning: She was 41. He was 32. They flirted over the Internet. He sent online kisses and declared her “hot.” She thanked him for his patience with her. Jeff Easley moved into Tina Smith’s house . . . a few months ago, a neighbor said. Their love story dissolved [Dec. 6] […]

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