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Jeff Fecke is a freelance writer who lives in Eagan, Minnesota. In addition to his own blog, Blog of the Moderate Left, he also contributes to Alas, a Blog, Minnesota Campaign Report, and AlterNet.
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A nun and administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been reassigned and rebuked by the local bishop for agreeing that a severely ill woman needed an abortion to survive.
Sister Margaret McBride was on an ethics committee that included doctor Continue Reading
One has to love commercials. Okay, not really, but still, one has to note commercials when they’re on the television, unless you’ve DVRed whatever show you’re watching. And occasionally, one comes across a commercial that makes one think.
Better minds than mine are perusing the record of Elena Kagan, the current Solicitor General and almost-certain-to-be-next Supreme Court Justice. And they may unearth some sort of bombshell that will derail her confirmation. Continue Reading
In 1980, fresh off a win in the Iowa caucuses, former Ambassador George H.W. Bush told the people of New Hampshire that his campaign for the presidency was on the right track. In the fractured syntax that would define Bush for generations of Americans, he declared that his campaign had the “big mo,” as in momentum.
As you probably know, Ben Roethlisberger won’t be jailed for raping a woman in Georgia. Indeed, he won’t even be tried. Continue Reading
So Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, has made history; whether she wins or loses in the primary, whether she wins or loses in the general, she’s the first woman ever to earn a major party’s gubernatorial endorsement in the h Continue Reading
There was a time when I was a libertarian, a long time ago when I was young and stupid. Continue Reading
So! Ever been to a beach? Ever worn a revealing swimsuit? Well congratulations! You didn’t know it, but you were asking to be raped. Oh, you may not have thought so, but you’re not a CNN Headline News anchor, so what do you know?
I enjoy reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog; he’s a cogent writer, and while he’s made some catastrophic decisions during his career, he at the very least is willing to change his mind when events warrant. Continue Reading