Good analysis of purported surveys by Gallop & Pew showing public sentiment for abortion has shifted away from a woman’s right to choose — from Ed Kilgore at fivethirtyeight.com The money quote: [snip] ‘abstract hostility towards abortion may well disguise a more sympathetic attitude when it comes to actual women making actual decisions about a […]
HEADLINE ARIZONA, Monday April 27, 2009: “Nations race to contain swine flu” (large bold typeset, front page story), and below (in smaller type) “Don’t panic, Americans told”. Thank you Associated Press® for the uncredited ink about suspected (though unconfirmed) deaths purportedly from influenza down Mexico way. Also on the same page, immediately below the previously […]
One of the past shining lights at the AZ Republic paper was Jon Talton. He left a few years ago for Seattle and writes a blog: Rogue Columnist where he turns (more than occasionally), a skeptical eye toward Arizona and Phoenix in particular. A recent article (24 Apr 2009) about the Phoenix real estate boom […]
The following viral email is just social non sequitur, but it does beg the following questions. Is the defining litmus test for wing-nut membership a fixation on bodily functions? I know at one level we are but organic machines, but we have evolved to consciousness of our existence, right? So why do the most spiteful […]
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So the question is: “What makes Obama more qualified to lead then Palin?” Of course an answer can easily grow petty and small minded if one were to point out all the gaffes and the mis-steps of the Republican pick for candidate of VP. But that doesn’t really answer the question. A better answer focuses […]