The big Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) just wrapped up in DC. After a few days of speeches, in which each of the Republican presidential candidates tried to prove that he, and not his rivals, was the rightful heir to the sainted Reagan mantle, Romney end up on top, with 38 percent of the straw […]
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John Stossel’s Presidential debate
In searching around online for video of tonight’s Republican debate, I stumbled across this disturbing piece of footage from Fox News. The guy on the right is Gary Johnson, who, if you can believe it, is probably one of the more legitimate candidates in the Republican field. You won’t see him in tonight’s Republican debate, […]
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The Pill
I was going to let the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill go by without comment, but then it dawned on me how ironic it was that it fell on Mother’s Day. I’d have to dig into the old history books to confirm it, but I’m thinking that maybe it wasn’t a coincidence. Maybe, […]
Posted in Health, Politics, sex Also tagged 50th anniversary, Anthony Comstoc, birth control, Elena Kagan, family values, Greenwich Village, Helen Gurley Brown, Holly Golightly, John Paul Stevens, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Loretta Lynn, marriage, Mothers' Day, Ms. Magazine, National Organization for Women, New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, pregnancy, Sex and the Single Girl, sex for recreation, sex for reproduction, Shepard Aronson, songs about birth control, Supreme Court, The Pill, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights 10 Comments