Note to Young Skinheads
When will bigots come up with slurs our children can relate to? From the Raleigh-Durham News and Observer:Continue Reading »
View ArticleStrange Bedfellows in the Parent 'Hood: Two New Memoirs
I've mentioned my girl-crushes before, haven't I?No?Hmmm...eyelash flutter...stentorian throat clearing.Ahem.Well, as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock would say, consider me bi-adjacent/curious where Rebecca...
View ArticleJustice, Texas Style
Tenaha, TX has apparently been using the state's forfeiture law to fleeceâguess who? Mostly blacks and Latinos.From CNN:Continue Reading »
View ArticleTX Women Paying for Own Rape Kits?
Consider this the Friday edition of the "You Gotta Be Kidding Me" beat: Women in Houston are being forced to pay for processing their own rape kits. So I guess that means that people claiming burglary...
View ArticleMother's Day When Mom's on Lock Down
If Obama wants a way to talk about race without, you know, talking about race, here's a thought: criminal justice reform and mothers behind bars.From CNN:Continue Reading »
View ArticleTheir Mamas Didn't Raise Them Right
If you thought Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg couldn't top this, you were wrong. Check out their 'ode' to Mother's Day. I watched it Saturday and hit rewind four times, snorting Diet Coke through...
View ArticleHow Much Is That Baby in the Window?
Slate has an alarming piece on the sordid truth behind international adoption. As we've noted before, it often isn't so much adopting as kidnapping. From Slate:Who wants to buy a baby? Certainly not...
View ArticleDriving While Texting
From Slate, an argument for outlawing driving with even a powered up cell phone. Sound draconian to you? Then I guess you haven't yet had the privilege of a near death experience at the hands of some...
View ArticleWisconsin Upholds Warrantless GPS Tracking By Cops
From the Chicago Trib:Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday.However, the District 4 Court of...
View ArticleAndrew Sullivan Took the Words Out of My Mouth
I've been reading all the chest-beating about Obama's perfidy in not releasing the torture photos and wondering why I seemed so alone. Sullivan was one of his harshest critics.At first blush, and...
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