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A post from DoubleX writer Erika Kawalek:
Lauren, I agree with your take on the New York Observer's trend piece
about New York women seeking, as you put it, "natural commitment-phile"
European men. The women who were profiled were indeed young. Like you,
my friends who are paired off but not married are not waiting for the
guy to pop the question. It's an annoying article.
I want to emphasize something about the difference between the state
of affairs for women in America and in the rest of the civilized world.
The competitiveness people bring to "dating" and "closing the deal"
here is underpinned by intense economic competition and the
desire—increasingly, the necessity—for basic social and physical
security ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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It looks like President Obama managed to deliver a speech to (some of) the nation’s schoolchildren without mentioning health care (unless you count the advice to wash your hands) or otherwise touting the benefits of socialism. I hope that we can all heave a big sigh of relief and get on with more important things. Because that would be better than what happened back in 1991, when the first President Bush gave a similar address to the nation’s kids ... (Read more in DoubleX.)
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I'm sure you all have seen this clip by now, of Barbara West, anchor at WFTV, Orlando, Fla., interviewing Joe Biden late last week. The whole interview is contentious but at 2:36 min she presents Biden with Karl Marx:
WEST: You may recognize this famous quote: "From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs." That's from Karl Marx. How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?
BIDEN: Are you joking? Is this a joke?
West goes on to ask Biden if Obama wants to turn America into a Socialist country "like Sweden."
Is it just me? Beyond the fact that we could learn a few things from Sweden (including but not limited to their unbelievably enviable relationship to family and child policies), have we lost all sense of history? This trope, pushed by Palin (if she mentions socialism one more time ...) among others, seems to be treading dangerously close to calling for a House Un-American Activities Committee. I've even had interactions with Republicans lately along the same lines. How will this country heal after the elections from these efforts to inject a 1950s-style distrust among Americans?