Journalism and Jane Hamsher
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Before we get into the events of the day, let me say this about the Bradley Manning case.
Revise and extend
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So I think I’ve been unfair to Glenn Beck.
“But Jeff,” you say, “Glenn Beck is rarely fair to other people. Why should you be fair to him?” Well, dear reader, it’s precisely because I’m not Glenn Beck, and I don’t aspire to be Beckian in the way I conduct myself.
Killing in the name of
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In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocent bystanders, many pixels have been spilled handwringing about what part of the political specrtum Jared Lee Loughner belongs to.
He ain’t heavy, and he sure as hell ain’t my brother
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One thing I’ve never understood is how so many soi-disant Christians can be so unbelievably ignorant about Christianity. It’s not an incredibly complex religion; indeed, one can gain a very clear understanding of Christ’s teachings by simply reading through the Gospels — you can skip the whole Old Testament if you want.
The man is the woman of Swedish Wahhabism
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If you’re even a casual consumer of the news, you’re no doubt aware of the plight of men in Sweden. If you’re a man in Sweden, your rights are not your own. You must have a female guardian — no matter how old you are. Continue Reading
Why Barack won’t get angry
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One of the truly annoying memes among my fellow lefties has been the recurring demand that Barack Obama get angry.
Quite possibly the most important discovery in the world
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I’m not being hyperbolic. This is something that will have a dramatic impact on biology, the search for extraterrestrial life, and evolutionary thought:
Papa do preach
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As you know, I’ve written many times about purity balls, and how decidedly creepy they are. There’s just something horribly wrong about asking your daughter to pledge her virginity to you until she marries someone. Continue Reading
Not with a bang
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So if you missed it, Pete “Zeeboid” Arnold has admitted what I told you last week: that the birthornot.com website is a hoax:
Anti-choice trolling fail
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So let’s say that I was a part of a couple, and one of us was pregnant.1 And let’s say we were ambivalent about having a child for one reason or another. Let’s say we were, as a couple, mulling over aborting the pregnancy.