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Eagle Forum backs Limbaugh, says Sandra Fluke “should be absolutely ashamed”
Posted on March 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsYou really don’t want to look under some rocks, but then sometimes the rocks are picked up by others and you have no choice. That happened to me this morning... -
The Aspirin Papers
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsHenry James’ novella, The Aspern Papers, is about an unscrupulous obsessive who tries to deceive two vulnerable women to obtain the objects of his desire, the letters of a long-dead... -
The Right’s War on Birth Control
Posted on May 27, 2011 | 1 CommentIf you thought the legislative attacks on family planning and Planned Parenthood were all about abortion, think again. In a moment of unscripted political bravado, Republican State Representative Wayne Christian... -
An Upside-Down Political Equation
Posted on June 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsAmerica — and the rest of the world, really — is living with this political equation: Our collective spending, guided by government, is needed to create jobs and stimulate a... -
The Politics of Birth: How I Learned the True Meaning of “Reproductive Rights”
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 19 CommentsToday, June 10, marks a landmark in reproductive rights and women’s sexual independence — the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Pill. Somewhat embarrassingly, my perspective of reproductive rights... -
Report from Haiti
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 CommentsTraveling and working in the developing world, I’ve discovered that I’m a fairly positive person. In the cholera-ridden slums of Nairobi and the heroin-shooting galleries of Dhaka, Bangladesh, I’ve managed... -
Health Care Reform: It’s Our Turn, Texas!
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsTo read the newly released Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “Dear State Medicaid Director” letter re: New Option for Coverage of Individuals, click here. “We just passed a... -
Building Compost Piles: Remaking Me
Posted on April 15, 2010 | 8 CommentsMuch has been written about the benefits of compost as a soil ammendment and its ability to nurture all things green is almost unequalled. But my love affair with compost... -
Gov. Perry: Why Do You Want to Take Away Our Health Care?
Posted on April 2, 2010 | 5 CommentsHealth insurance companies can’t deny you care based on pre-existing conditions. Millions of children once denied quality health care can now receive it. Coverage and benefits can’t be turned down... -
A Socialist Primer: Rick Perry, Health Care & the Governor’s Race
Posted on March 29, 2010 | 5 CommentsI’m wondering what it’s going to take for my former colleagues in the Texas press corps to call out Rick Perry for using the term “socialism” over-and-over to describe the...