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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - Posts

  • Where's the Honor?


    Catherine Price's Broadsheet post about a recent article on honor killings has been haunting me all week, not because the subject is new but because, like her, I can't get past the idea of a father stomping, stabbing and suffocating his 17 year-old daughter Read More...
  • But Serially, Folks ...


    All right, Tim Noah , I will bite. "What makes married women want to have affairs?" you ask? The same things that make married men want to have affairs (excepting, of course, the desire to "spread seed"). Monogamy is hard. For all of us. It's unrealistic Read More...
  • Tim Noah Dares Us


    A guest post (or rather a challenge) from Slate 's Tim Noah: May I put in a good word for Philip Weiss? Before proceeding, let me stipulate that I know Phil and have edited him in the past. It would be a stretch to call him a friend (we've exchanged perhaps Read More...
  • Calling for Another Literary Cliche


    Agree entirely, D , that Clinton doesn't get to reduce her loss to sexism. But what's the evidence that she has? She made that one "demeaning to millions of women" comment this week. Bill Clinton apparently mentioned it. (Not sure that counts, since I Read More...
  • End of Dynasties, Please


    The ailing Ted Kennedy has said that he would like the successor to his seat be his wife, Vicki. Isn’t this rather richly ironic since Kennedy has done all he can to stop the Clintons from extending their White House dynasty by opposing Hillary’s election Read More...
  • The World's Least Likely Lady Macbeth???


    Anyone else catch yesterday’s ripped-from-the-headlines Law & Order finale ? About a New York governor who hires expensive young hookers (and some strange, tangentially related murder)? Anyone else notice that the single biggest difference between Read More...
  • Edging Right Up on the Literary Cliché ...


    Emily I don’t think anyone disputes that hideous instances of sexism have been stirred up in this campaign. Nor does anyone dispute that Ms. Clinton is entitled to address it, which she has done very deftly at times. The question is whether she’s entitled Read More...
  • David (Hussein) Cook


    I dutifully watch American Idol every week because my daughter is a huge fan. After two seasons, I have learned to (almost) enjoy it. I basically just pretend I'm living in a different age and a pleasant second-string country, maybe in Latin America or Read More...
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